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A TECHNICAL PUBLICATION FOR MECHANICAL EXECUTIVES RESPONSIBLE FOR PRINTING PRODUCTION,
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October 1934 Contents
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Bruce Berckmans
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Homer Winkler
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operators to catch errors before lines are cast.
In original linecasting machine composition
more than 60% of all errors marked by proof-
readers are visible errors such as missing letters,
wrong letters, double letters, and transposi-
tions.
More than 50% of all visible errors are elimin-
ated through the use of Black and White
Matrices. With these matrices operators can
also verify correction lines in the assembler.
Thus the highest degree of typographical
accuracy can be assured.
Furthermore, Black and White Matrices ac-
tually save time and money. Because reference
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Printing Research Institute
By ARTHUR C. JEWETT*
T THE Fifth Conference of Technical Experts in the
Printing Industry, to be held at the Benjamin Frank-
lin Hotel in Philadelphia on October 8 and 9, one of
the important events will be the completion of the organi-
zation of an Institute for Printing Research. The annual
conferences of Technical Experts in Printing originated
through the desire of the Committee on Survey and Research
for the printing industry to promote interest in the possibil-
ities of the advancement of printing through research.
The Printing Industries Division of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers has announced the appointment of
Edward Epstean, Chairman
of Program Committee,
Printing Industries Division,
A. S. M. E.; former
Photoengravers’ Board of
Trade of New York.
an organizing committee for the Printing Research Institute
composed of Messrs. Arthur C. Jewett, Chairman; Edward
P. Hulse, Edward Epstean, William C. Glass, Fred S$. English,
“Chairman, Research and Survey Committee, Printing Industries Divi-
sion, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burt D. Stevens, R. G. Macdonald, William R. Maull,
Charles F. Clarkson, and John Clyde Oswald.
This conference of Technical Experts, which will be the
charter meeting of the Research Institute, is open to every
one having an interest in the technical phases of printing.
There will be a registration fee of $2, to go to the Institute.
Arthur C. Jewett Is
Developing a Plan for the
Organization of a Printing
Research Institute Which
Will Be Completed at the
Fifth Printing Industries
Conference in Philadelphia.
Each one attending the meeting will be a subscriber member
of the Institute for the year 1935 and will receive the pro-
ceedings of the conference and all bulletins and information
issued by the Institute. The organization meeting will be
held in the afternoon of Tuesday, October 9, at which time
officers will be elected and constitution and by-laws provided
for. The program of the Institute during the first year will
probably be confined to seeking out and reporting results of
research work of interest that has recently been completed by
various companies and organizations in the printing or
related fields. Ultimately, a research program will be formu-
lated and specific projects supported by the Institute.
Initially, there will be but one class of members composed
of those who have paid the $2 registration fee at the forth-
coming conference. It is planned, however, to have four
classes of membership ultimately, composed of corporate
members, association members, individual members, and
research fellows. The classification is as follows: a corporate
member shall be a firm or corporation engaged in printing,
in the manufacture or sale of equipment or supplies used in
printing, or otherwise interested in the printing industry.
All corporate members shall be entitled to designate five
representatives; an association member shall be an association
or an engineering or scientific society interested and cooper-
ating in the advancement of graphic arts field. Each associa-
tion member shall be entitled to designate two representa-
tives; an individual member shall be any person having an
interest in printing and related matters; a research fellow
shall be one who has made valuable technical contributions
to the advancement of the industry.
It is planned that dues of corporate members shall be
$100 per year, of association members $15 per year, and of
the others $5 per year.
It is also planned that the organization shall be governed
by a council composed of ten corporate representatives, five
association representatives, ten fellows, and five individual
members. An executive committee of six will be chosen from
the council membership, and the terms of these members
shall be for two years, one-half of them being elected each
year.
The entire objective is the advancement of the printing
industry and of those connected with it. The need is recog-
nized for such an organization for the mutual promotion of
research and printing and also to serve as a source of un-
biased information on related technical and scientific matters.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The program for the Fifth Conference, Printing Indus-
tries Division of the A. S. M. E., as revised until Printing
EQuipMENT Engineer goes to press, is as follows:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1934
9:00 o'clock. Morning Session. Registration, Mezzanine
Floor, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, 9th and Chestnut Sts.
Note: There will be a registration fee of $2. (Local members of A. S. M. E.,
Craftsmen Club and Philadelphia Typothetae need pay the registration fee only i
they wish to join the Institute.) Fill out the registration card carefully with
full name and address and also your business connection and title. This fee will
entitle the registrant to membership in the Research Institute for the year 1935,
including all reports and publications, and also to a copy of the Proceedings of
the Fifth Conference.
10:00 a. m. Inspection trip through the plant of The Curtis
Publishing Company, publishers of The Saturday Eve-
ning Post, Ladies’ Home Journal and Country Gentle-
man. Group leaves from the hotel ballroom.
1:00 p. m. Luncheon. Ballroom, the Benjamin Franklin
Hotel. (Ticket, $1.25.) Walter D. Fuller, First Vice-
President, The Curtis Publishing Company, presiding.
“Opening Remarks,” by Edward Epstean, Past President,
Photo-engravers’ Board of Trade of New York.
“The Photomechanics of Color Photography,” by Harry A.
Groesbeck, Art Director, Country Life-American Home
Corporation.
Discussion, by Harold Fowler, Technical Supervisor, Bassani
Processes, Inc.
3:00 o'clock. Afternoon Session. Ballroom, the Benjamin
Franklin Hotel, Matthias D. Maull, President, Patterson
& White, presiding.
“Opening of the Fifth Conference,” by John Clyde Oswald,
Chairman A. S. M. E., Printing Industries Division.
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OcTOBER, 1934
“Synthetic Resins as a Process Roller Material,” by A. L,
Freedlander, Vice-President, Dayton Rubber Mfg. Co,
Discussion, by W. S. Robinson, Manager, The McCall Publishing
Company, and by E. R. Bridgewater, Manager, Rubber Chemicals
Division, The E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
4:00 p. m. “Rubber Plates for Letterpress Printing,” by
Messrs. Ralph Schwarz, President, and J. Homer Wink-
ler, Ace Electrotype Company.
“Observations on the Technology of Rubber Plate Manufac-
ture,” by W. J. Ruscoe, Technical Representative, The
B. F. Goodrich Company.
Discussion, by H. W. Haydock, President, Royal Electrotype Co.
6:15 p. m. Franklin Dinner (informal). Franklin Room,
the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. (Ticket, $2.) Prof. G.
E. Crofoot, University of Pennsylvania, Chairman of
the Philadelphia Local Section, A. S. M. E. presiding.
Speakers: Russell Duane, great-great-great-grandson of
Benjamin Franklin, on “Franklin, the Printing Engi-
neer.
8:30 o'clock. Evening Session. Hotel Ballroom. V. Winfield
Challenger, Director of Printing, N. W. Ayer & Son,
Inc., Secretary, Philadelphia Club of Printing House
Craftsmen, presiding.
“Recent Developments in Offset Printing,” by Burt D.
Stevens, Vice-Pres., Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co.
“Photomechanical Reproduction of Offset Plates,” by W. C.
Huebner, The Huebner Laboratories.
Discussion, by H. A. Bernhardt, Director, Latham Litho & Printing
Company, and by Randolph T. Ode, President, The Providence
Lithograph Company.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1934
9:30 o'clock. Morning Session. Hotel Ballroom. H. C. Cole,
President, Acme Gear Company, presiding.
“From Design to Type—Processes in the Manufacture of
Monotype Matrices,” by Sol Hess, Art Director, Lan-
ston Monotype Company.
10:30 a. m. Inspection trip through the Lanston Monotype
plant, 24th and Locust Streets, and buffet luncheon
there at 12 o'clock noon. (Bus fare and tickets, 50c.)
1:30 o’clock. Afternoon Session at the Franklin Institute,
Planetarium entrance, 20th and Winter Streets. John
Clyde Oswald, Chairman of Printing Industries Divi-
sion, A. S. M. E., presiding.
‘““A Comparison of the Reproductive Quality of Aquatone
and Other Printing Processes,” by Maurice N. Weyl,
President, Edward Stern Company.
Discussion, by William C. Huebner, The Huebner Laboratories.
2:30 p. m. “New Developments in Color Rotogravure
Printing,” by G. A. Fries, Supt. Artgravure Dept., The
News, New York, N. Y.
Discussion, by M. Raoul Pellissier, Director, Gravure Foundation of
America, and by Sol Weichselbaum, Sales Manager, Neo-Gravure
Printing Company (The Cunco Press).
3:30 p.m. “The Printing of Metal Paper,” by R. E. Hunt,
Service Engineer, Reynolds Metals Company.
Discussion, by V. Winfield Challenger, Director of Printing, N. W-
Ayer & Son, Inc.
4:30 p.m. The Printing Research Institute.
Introduction: “What England, Germany, Japan and France
Have Accomplished,” by Edward Pierce Hulse, Secre-
tary, Printing Industries Division, A. S. M. E.
Address: ‘Organizing the Institute,” by Arthur C. Jewett,
Director, College of Industries, Carnegie Institute of
Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Chairman of Research
and Survey Committee, Printing Industries Division.
5:20 p. m. Visit to the printing exhibits of the Franklin
Institute (special guides), 25 cents per person.
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Annual Printing Equipment
and Supplies Catalog Number
HE First Annual Printing Equipment and Supplies
Catalog Number for November to be issued by Print-
ing EQUIPMENT Engineer has aroused considerable
favorable comment among manufacturers and buyers of
printing equipment and related supplies.
In addition to a manufacturer’s index this catalog number
will contain a products cross-index of all printing equipment
and supplies to make it convenient for you to locate the name
and address of any manufacturer and the products he makes.
It is our purpose to make the index as complete as possible
so that it will be a truly representative reference book for
the year. It is also the aim of Printing EQuirpMENT Engineer
to render a distinct service to the mechanical and production
executive, the printer and the manufacturer.
We have letters from manufacturers expressing pleasure
with the project.
An equipment maker states: “Allow us to take this occa-
sion to compliment you on your initiative in this matter and
to wish you the greatest success.”
An official of a press manufacturing concern states: “We
wish to extend to you our many thanks for calling upon us
for this information.”
A manufacturer of stereotype equipment thinks ‘This is
a wonderful idea and one which will again bring Printing
EQuIPMENT Engineer to the front as a real service for the
mechanical personnel of publishing plants.”
A representative of a prominent supply manufacturing
company says he thinks a complete catalog of printing
equipment would be greatly beneficial to not only the manu-
facturers of printing equipment but to the supply manufac-
turers as well.
An equipment maker states: “An equipment and sup-
plies catalog is something that is needed badly in the indus-
try and we are heartily in accord with your plan to bring
one out in conjunction with your November issue.”
MIDNIGHT OIL AND
THE TORCH
ESPITE the depression, printing’s production
or mechanical executive is eager to learn about
new developments in the equipment and sup-
ply field. This desire is normally with him at all times
because it is a part of his business to keep informed
about new developments for the sake of improving
his value increasingly to his employer. During these
periods this activity is intensified because he has more
time (hence more cause) apart from supervising pro-
duction to devote to such things.
We have pointed out in the columns of Printing
EQuipMENT Engineer that considerable midnight oil
has been burned in the experimental laboratory of the
progressive manufacturer during the past few years in
developing new and improved mechanisms and supplies
to enable the printer to do better work at less produc-
tive cost or to offset increased labor costs. By helping
the printing industry overcome some of its major pro-
duction problems the manufacturer also helps himself.
And don’t think for a minute that the mechanical
or production executive has overlooked anything
which has been brought to his attention which might
be used advantageously from a production standpoint.
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
He may not have been able to sell his ideas to his
employer yet but will do so at the earliest opportunity.
Some manufacturers have understood this and have
brought their new products to his attention by consis-
tent advertising.
News of activity in the United States Patent Office
and word-of-mouth information indicate that most of
the printing equipment and supply manufacturers have
been at work solving many problems associated with
printing processes. Some of these improvements have
not been advertised because the manufacturer intends
to include them in his catalog when business improves
and he hopes that through merit they will gain the
attention of the equipment maker and the printer.
The manufacturer who advertises in a depression
reaches the mechanical or production executive at a
time when his appeal is most effective. This is the time
when he has the greatest reason for attempting to sell
his employer on the idea that installation of improved
equipment and supplies is to his best interest, either
through production savings at the present time or to be
prepared for the new kind of business era which is in
the immediate offing.
The motives which urge the manufacturer and the
mechanical executive are synonymous—the important
thing is that the two shall be brought together through
consistent advertising.
THE PROBLEMS OF COLOR
STANDARDIZATION
NY plan for standardization of newspaper color must be
formulated to control selectively all the elements
entering into the reproductive and printing processes.
It is a complex subject requiring much further investiga-
tion and research.
The question revolves largely about the limitations of the
mechanical equipment which is used to do the printing, the
stock upon which the printing is to be done, the stepping up
of future printing speeds, the selection of screens, benday
effects and so on, whereby the artist and layout man may
understand that they are working within prescribed limita-
tions. These are problems to be settled by the A. A. A. A.-
A. N. P. A. Joint Committee.
It is the thought of more than one student that the use of
screens and benday effects to obtain color values will play an
extremely important part in any plan for newspaper color
standardization. Eventually, it might mean the adoption of
a limited selection best suited for the purpose. However,
the possibility of standardizing on certain screens or certain
combinations of screens will require patient research.
Whether anything can be done about maintenance of a
constant hue in newsprint is an element for consideration in
formulating a plan. On the other hand, should this be
impossible, the appearance of color on various tinted stocks
would have to be considered. We do know that publishers
have never been in agreement on the color of newsprint.
The proposal made by Mr. Berckmans and which is sub-
mitted for the consideration of the Joint Committee, dem-
onstrates in a limited way what can be accomplished through
the use of three colors and black. The sponsors of the plan
do not specify certain shades of yellow, red or blue. Through
modification and the use of different values of halftone
screens it is suggested that many variations can be obtained
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By Bruce BERCKMANS*
T Is impossible in limited space, to explain in detail
each of the many shades obtainable by the use of
various screens, different rotations of printing
and different combinations of colors with each other.
With the cooperation of A. H. Burns, Production
Manager of the New York Herald-Tribune, 1 have
attempted to barely indicate in the accompanying
color plate, the tremendous number of variations
that are available merely through the modification or
use of different values of halftone screens. The many
benday effects used both direct and in reverse by
newspapers could not possibly be shown in this article,
so that I have used the solids in conjunction with dif-
ferent values of the sixty-five line screen, one of the
most popular among newspapers.
Throughout the printing of the colors appearing
herewith, the normal order or rotation of printing has
been maintained, namely; Yellow first down, Red sec-
THANKS, MR. COBB
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer,
Cleveland, Ohio.
I think you are putting in the field a very nice pub-
lication. I look forward to each issue.
Cordially,
JouHN E. Coss, Secretary,
Milwaukee-Racine Club of
Printing House Craftsmen.
ond, Blue third and Black last. Merely changing the
rotation in which colors are printed will give substan-
tially different effects. This is, of course, true not only
when printing two colors but even more so when
printing combinations of three and four colors. The
colors used in conjunction with this article are not
intended as our recommendation of the precise shades
of yellow, red and blue which should be selected as a
*Manager, Ink Division, J. M. Huber, Inc., New York, New York.
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basis of standardization. They are merely the three
most popular colors and black used by the newspaper
color customers of J. M. Huber, Inc. I have used these
colors because they will be recognized by many who
will read this article.
I have used but three colors and black in order to
suggest what can be accomplished with the minimum
of colors with which four-color work can be pro-
duced. Any ink manufacturer or printer interested
in establishing standards or in simplifying the number
of colors used by newspapers today can readily add
any number of yellows, reds, or blues to those shown
herewith. Using the minimum number of colors as
a basis to start on is far simpler than endeavoring to
start with a larger number of colors and later going
through the entire procedure again in order to elimi-
nate one or more of the colors.
While inks can be modified in shade according to
individual printer’s requirements, it hardly seems rea-
sonable that the greater portion of four-color news-
paper work should not fall within the range of the
1,295 shades obtainable with only the four colors
shown herewith. With the solid and four values of the
halftone screen, one obtains twenty individual tones
with three colors and black. There are a hundred and
fifty shades obtainable from printing each of these
colors over any of the others in normal rotation.
In normal rotation using any three colors, over five
hundred shades or tonal values are obtainable and in
four-color work, over six hundred twenty-five tonal
values are obtainable. Consider, if you please, the
almost infinite variety of additional shades obtainable
if the normal printing rotation is modified. When,
in addition, we add to these the number of screens
and bendays and the tone value of each screen or ben-
day that can be used to modify colors, the total num-
ber of shades available is almost beyond human com-
prehension. Any printer having a few dull evenings
to spend, may amuse himself by computing mathe-
matically, the total number of tone values obtainable.
Obviously where solids cover screens, or over-printed
effects too closely resemble each other, certain tones
will not be of practical value. However, the total
number of these is negligible compared with the great
number of shades obtainable.
We are all familiar with the wide range of shades
available to the commercial artist in crayons and water
or oil colors. Too few artists know thoroughly the
limitations of the media in which their creative efforts
are to be reproduced. Whether the fault lies with the
advertisers, the agencies or the newspapers is beside the
point. The fact remains that the artist should be in-
formed as to the limitations of the printing method
and the broader facilities of the engraver. By simplifi-
cation of colors, the commercial artist can standardize
on those shades most practical for newspaper use.
Using these shades and applying to them appropriate
benday and screen effects, of which engravers can fur-
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NEWSPAPER COLORS IN NORMAL PRINTING ROTATION
The shades shown here should not be considered arbitrary restrictions on the variety of colors
that can be used. Because of space restrictions, I have shown only the most popular shades
currently used by newspapers.
Four Popular Newspaper Colors in Order of Normal Rotation
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Colors Shown Solid and in Four Screen Values Used by Newspapers
The 65 line screen values shown above are those popular with most newspapers. Space limitations do
not permit showing the many benday and additional halftone effects used both direct and in reverse.
SUGGESTIONS OF 150 SHADES OBTAINABLE FROM PRINTING ONE COLOR OVER
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OTHERS IN
NORMAL
ROTATION
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all tones of yellow
selected to indicate
the variety of
greens available.
At right, the same
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selected tones of
red to indicate the
different purples
obtainable.
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printed all selected tones of blue and- black over a medium tone showing the tone of each color used by itself. Note that the 20%
of red which in turn is printed over all selected tones of yellow. value screen of black has been repeated to show the two color
It was advisable to use but one tone of red in order to avoid effect obtainable when it is printed over yellow.
Example of 625 Shades Obtainable Printing Four Colors in Normal Rotation
All selected tones of black have
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value and the heaviest red value
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selected.
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work, the results which he expects to have reproduced.
By attaching an appropriate guide to the original pic-
ture, the artist would specify the benday and screen
effects which the engraver must use in order to get the
proper color values in each portion of the drawing.
The engraver should use newsprint and the same film
of ink newspapers can carry in order to furnish a pro-
gressive that will approximate results obtainable in
newspaper printing.
Sometime ago, a very large national advertiser had
its artist create a drawing in which the artist used four
different shades of blue in addition to the yellow, red
and black. It required painstaking explanation to
prove to the artist that the mechanical means of repro-
ducing his work in a daily newspaper would not
permit the use on one press of so many blues in addi-
tion to the other colors. Eventually the artist was
convinced that by manipulation of screens and ben-
days, he could eliminate all blues but one and still
obtain the desired effects.
The ink manufacturer must abide by the specifica-
tion of his printer customer. The printer must obey
the dictates of the space or printing buyer. The adver-
tising agency caters to and sometimes I think fosters,
the whims of its clients. The ink manufacturer as an
expert in his products, can point the way to elimina-
tion of nuisances and duplications of effort. We can
recommend a course that will result in economy and
greater uniformity and faithfulness of reproductions.
But, without the cooperation of advertisers, agencies,
engravers and printers, the entire problem cannot be
lifted out of its present highly disorganized and
uneconomical chaos.
Developments
In Electrotyping
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By J. HoMER WINKLER*
HE electrotyping industry will soon celebrate its hun-
dredth anniversary. From an experimental beginning
in 1838 it has grown to an industry that, in the United
States alone, now furnishes employment to over 6000 people
with products valued at approximately $30,000,000 annually.
Everyone will admit that tremendous developments have
been made in the letterpress industry since its simple begin-
ning. The essentials are still the same, but their application
has become involved and complicated. A raised surface is
still used to receive a film of ink which is then transferred by
pressure to a sheet of paper, but the process has not been
simplified by development. By comparison, electrotyping
has also become more involved and complicated. It has not
been possible thus far to eliminate any of the essential opera-
tions, although that has always been the aim of any investi-
gator. On the contrary, each investigation usually results in
a more rigid observation and control of some additional fac-
tors. A mold is still made in a plastic material, the face of
this mold is then made electrically conductive, a metallic
shell is electrodeposited on the mold surface, the resultant
“Assistant Manager, Ace Electrotype Co., Cleveland, Ohio; Member
Research Committee, International Association of Electrotypers.
Abstract of paper read before the Toronto Meeting of the Interna-
tional Club of Printing House Craftsmen, August 26-29.
Printing EQuIPMENT Engineer
OcTOBER, 1934
shell is backed up with a lead alloy and the plate thus pre-
pared is mechanically finished so that it may be used for a
particular letterpress printing job.
There is a tendency sometimes for those in other of the
graphic arts, and even some electrotypers, to feel that the
electrotyping industry has not made as great an advancement
in technology as the average.
The facts show the opposite to be true. An appreciation
of this progress will also encourage those interested in the
industry to a continued effort in seeking the answer to its
many problems.
The first United States patent issued on the electrotyping
process was in 1855. Up to January 1, 1934, 270 patents
were issued. In the past 10 years 47 patents have been issued
ELECTROTYPE INDUSTRY PROGRESSING
It is evident that the electrotype industry is very
definitely progressing and its future depends upon the
growth of the letterpress industry. Electrotypes as
now produced are improving the competitive position
of letterpress printing. Every printer will admit that
he is now obtaining a better electrotype than ever
before.
There have been many claims for various types of
duplicate plates that were going to supplant electro-
types. Certainly, there is nothing that has been pro-
duced to date that will seriously compete with the elec-
trotype. It is difficult to imagine any other form of
duplicate plate making that will approach the same
degree of quality at a comparable cost. The lead mold
nickeltype is still the most accurate reproduction of a
half-tone that can be made.
as compared with 223 for the preceding 68 years. These
figures serve to show that the average of patentable develop-
ments has increased in the last decade.
The developments may be grouped almost entirely into
those connected with the molding operations, including the
electrodeposition of the shell, the casting, and the finishing
operations.
Several unsuccessful investigations have undoubtedly
stimulated the imagination and thought of investigators in
this field and if for no other reason they should be mentioned.
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building groups reposing upon solid foundations, deco-
rative gateways connected by patterned ropes—all
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from Monotype border and rule strip material upon a
Rouse vertical rotary mitering machine.
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of the Society Section is not intended as a substitute for
the usual photo-engraving which appears in many of
these sections throughout the country, but rather as a
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engineering supply house. In the case of
this flower pot design the paper is ruled in
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more effective when used in combination with photo-
engraving. The Dispatch maintains a very complete
engraving plant and it is the opinion that the combina-
tion of photo-engraving and Mr. Berry’s modernistic
creations give the Society Section a distinctive and
pleasing appearance.
Mr. Berry states that he does the actual work of
cutting out the designs after editions are out, or
between times during the week.
The effectiveness of the design is dependent upon
the kind of material selected to make up any particular
pattern. Since it is desirable to obtain generally con-
trasting effects, black rule stock is used liberally.
Commercial printers could utilize Mr. Berry’s plan
for making appropriate ornamentation in many kinds
of printing for special occasions.
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Mr. Berry’s living room rug. It is composed of 14 pieces of 6-pt. ng
black Monotype rule; 14 pieces of 6-pt. body, 1-pt. face, music rule; 4
pieces 6-pt. shaded rule and 1 piece of 12-pt. face black rule, notched at
the top to form the diamond shape. The material used to fill in around
the design to form the rectangle, 7 ems by 16 ems, was cut from 6-pl.
strip material in the same manner as the rule pieces.
When asked by the writer where he obtained ideas
for designs, Mr. Berry stated that observation of
objects in most any location, wherever he might hap-
pen on to them, furnished the ideas. These he has
obtained from rugs and vases in his own home.
Objects displayed in store windows have also furnished
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A. I. G. A.’s New Offices
The American Institute of Graphic Arts has established
new offices in the Grand Central Palace Building, 480 Lex-
ington Avenue, New York City. These offices will be the
executive headquarters of the Institute from which all activi-
ties will in the future be directed.
The new offices will combine the new Division of Edu-
cation. Plans for the program of printing education contem-
plate broadening it into a more inclusive program of graphic
arts education. The support and cooperation of all the
related industries under the graphic arts is being urged by
the Institute.
Four-Color Offset Press Demonstrated
One hundred and sixty-five members and guests attend-
ing the September meeting of the Milwaukee-Racine Club
of Printing House Craftsmen were also the guests of Elmer
Voigt, vice president of the Western Printing and Litho-
graphing Company, Racine, at a demonstration of a new
Harris four-color offset press.
Members not only watched the press operating at a rate of
3500 per hour, but also examined five other Harris offsets
in Operation.
The demonstration was in charge of H. A. Porter, Vice
President in Charge of Sales of Harris-Seybold-Potter, and
Wm. Guy Martin, Harris Central-West District Sales Man-
ager of Chicago.
To Our Readers
Please mention Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer when writ-
ing to advertisers because you will receive the best of atten-
tion from the reliable firms who have taken space in this
magazine, satisfaction will be given the advertiser and the
executive staff of this magazine will be pleased in having
brought you together.
| onditioning the Mat for the Individual Newspaper
:
| HE conditioning process is one of the most delicate steps in the preparation of a dry mat. Every
newspaper has its individual shrinkage requirements, necessitating constant adjustments to the
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humidifying apparatus. The foreman of this department maintains a record showing the exact shrinkage
OcTOBER, 1934
desired by each newspaper and he knows the amount of moisture needed in a dry mat to provide that
shrinkage. In addition to this personal supervision a moisture test is taken and a record
kept on every case of mats shipped from our mill. The operator in the above picture is
starting to make his test by weighing a mat which has just been conditioned.
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Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
. . Electrotyping
(Continued from page 11)
DEVELOPMENTS IN MOLDING OPERATIONS
In cooperation with the United States Bureau of Standards
and under a Research Associate plan of that Bureau, the In-
ternational Association of Electrotypers conducted a contin-
uous program of research for a period of seven years, starting
in 1924. The exact worth of this work would be difficult to
estimate, but it certainly ushered in a new era of technical
control and a more thorough understanding of the scientific
principles underlying the electrotyping process.
The first investigation dealt with nickel electrotyping
solutions which resulted in the development of a simple
formula for nickel deposition that is still widely used. A
solution formula for use on lead molds was also developed
and has been successfully used. It was not possible, how-
ever, to eliminate all trouble with nickel deposition as a result
of this study.
The graphite study resulted in the publication of a set of
specifications for the kind of graphite to be used in the various
electrotyping steps. This resulted in more uniformity and
the discontinuance of certain unfit grades that had been
used. The care and operation of graphiting machines were
outlined and an explanation of the nature, properties and
composition of graphite and graphite films was given. It is
interesting to note that the average graphite film on an
electrotype mold was found to be between 0.00001 and
0.000001 of an inch in thickness.
The subject of additional agents for copper electrotyping
solutions was next studied. Phenolsulfonic acid was found to
be most satisfactory. Outside of the improved character of
the copper deposited it has made it possible to speed up the
deposition of the shell.
CHROMIUM FOR LONG RUNS
The conditions for operation of a chromium plating solu-
tion were worked out at the Bureau for another purpose,
following which it was immediately tried out experimentally
on several electrotypes for different kinds of work. It has
been found successful where an unusually long run is to be
made or where other conditions may indicate its advisability.
The records of the service of these plates have amply justi-
fied their additional cost. Undoubtedly the use of chromium
plated electrotypes will increase. Chromium has entirely re-
placed iron as a facing used in increasing the wearing life of
electrotypes.
PROBLEMS OF STRETCH AND SHRINKAGE
The last problem of the cooperative research was to deter-
mine at what operations and exactly what amounts any
stretch or shrink occurred during the manufacture of electro-
types. Methods for accurate measurement of plane and
curved surfaces were worked out and the results of this
study have been most valuable. They have found consider-
able application in the industry since their publication.
SUBSTITUTE FOR GRAPHITE FILM
The International Association of Electrotypers then con-
ducted an independent research project for two years on the
subject of a substitute for the graphite film. The most
promising results along this line were obtained by the use of
a process that would precipitate a film of metallic silver on
the mold surface very similarly to the manner in which a
glass surface is silvered for use as a mirror. Films of other
metals have also been tried in this connection but silver seems
to be the most promising.
The Division of Tests and Technical Control of the United
States Government Printing Office made a successful applica-
tion of a device used in the plating industry in its electro-
Printing EQuIrPMENT Engineer
OcTOBER, 1934
type foundry, consisting of a semi-automatic conveyor which
has been installed on each of two tanks containing the cop-
per electrotyping solutions. The cases are suspended on an
endless belt conveyor and make a circuit of the solution and
are then removed. An average copper shell having suitable
physical properties is deposited during this cycle. These
units have been operating satisfactorily for a couple of years.
A very ingenious application of electrotyping was made
at the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing a
little over 10 years ago and is still successfully operated in the
Electrolytic Section. Intaglio printing plates for use in
printing United States currency are being prepared by depos-
iting a heavy shell of a metal against an original steel engrav-
ing. This shell, after being separated from the original, then
becomes the equivalent of an electrotype mold and in turn
a heavy deposit is made on its face. When this deposit has
reached the desired thickness, it is separated and machined to
the requirements for their printing conditions. The face of
these electro-deposited plates consists of nickel which is later
chromium plated. The application of chromium plating to
the surface of these plates has resulted in a considerable in-
crease in the wearing life of the plates. The face shell of
these plates is backed up by iron that is successfully electro-
deposited to a thickness of a little over 14 in. instead of pour-
ing a lead alloy. Commercially successful iron plating to such
thicknesses was accomplished only after considerable research
and experimental work.
HEAT TREATING ELECTROS
The Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio, found
that electrotype metal was susceptible to heat treating and if
desired may be hardened or softened after the plate has been
backed up. This information will undoubtedly find wide
application on certain classes of electrotypes, such as binders’
dies, dry mat patterns, etc. They also studied the causes of
“graining” or “dimpling” on the outside faces of curved
electrotypes and suggested a remedy that is generally suc-
cessful.
MOLDING WAX COMPOSITIONS
Molding wax compositions have received considerable
attention in the past 10 years. Prior to the World War, prac-
tically all of the molding wax compositions used in this coun-
try were prepared with Austrian ozokerite as a base. A num-
ber of waxes that had never been used were found to be satis-
factory. Quite a few electrotypers are still using vegetable
and animal waxes instead of mineral waxes although there is
no longer any difficulty in obtaining ozokerite. A number of
companies prepared compounded wax to sell for this purpose.
The physical properties and chemical constitution of these
waxes were studied in connection with their development.
As a result, molding wax compositions are more uniform,
their care and use has become standardized and the secret
empirical formulas have almost become a thing of the past.
MOLDING IMPROVEMENTS
There have been a number of attempts to prepare a mold-
ing material using wax as the base with a thin sheet of metal
above or below the wax or both, thus resulting in a layer
molding medium. Various combinations of this general
nature have been made but apparently they have not been as
successful as was expected. The most successful material of
this kind consists of a thin sheet of aluminum on which a
wax composition is poured. The surface of the material is
distorted during the process of making a mold and therefore
does not require much, if any, building. Having a prelim-
inary film of graphite, the subsequent graphiting is easier.
This material will probably have some definite application
in our industry.
Continued on page 18
PaGE 15
On the next page
is an announcement of
vital importance to all
manufacturers of printing
equipment and supplies
CTOBER, Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
Once Again
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer fills a long
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* In the past few years we have been asked by a number of production
and mechanical executives in commercial, magazine, and private print-
ing plants, as well as newspapers, “why don’t you get out a Catalog for
the industry.” They told us that we were the logical people to undertake
this work. We checked up and found no complete catalog had been ‘s-
sued in the industry since early 1932. Therefore this undertaking is
long overdue.
*® Printing Equipment Engineer therefore announces a 1935 Printing
Equipment and Supplies Catalog number for November. It will contain
an index of all manufacturers supplying the printing industry — a
and, of course,
products index, cross-indexed for ready reference
our regular November editorial matter.
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the advertiser gets the value of a complete Catalog and a regular issue.
* Every advertiser will receive three or more bold face listings. Those
who use two or more pages have the privilege of using a color (red),
gratis. The book itself will be side-stitched and bound in a substantial
cover. This book will be placed in the hands of 7,000 hand-picked
mechanical and production executives — the real buyers of the industry
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* Here is a real advertising buy! This 1935 Catalog will be good for
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1370 ONTARIO STREET CLEVELAND, OHIO
Printing EQuirpMENT Engineer OcToBER, 1934
. . Electrotyping
(Continued from page 15)
In connection with the molding operation it is important
to note that more attention is being paid to the manner in
which forms and original etchings come to the electrotyper
than ever before. The electrotype buyer is becoming cog-
nizant of the fact that a perfect printing plane in his original
forms and plates will insure a more nearly perfect electro-
type. Ingenious methods have been developed also by electro-
typers to prepare patterns for molding and to protect them
in view of the manner in which they are to be used. Strips
of gummed tape are frequently applied around the bearers
of halftones to preserve the soft edges. Many methods are
used to obtain slight differences in the height of the shell
to retain all of the printing value present in the original.
WIDER APPLICATIONS FOR WAX ENGRAVINGS
At least three very accurate machines have been introduced
for wax-engraving and a greater use of wax-engravings has
come about as a result. Because of the various operations and
additions that can be made on these machines to a mold of a
type form, pattern, or original etching, wax-engravings are
being used more than for charts and ruled forms.
A process for preparing duplicate originals, wherein an
extremely heavy shell of copper is deposited and later
machined to the same thickness as halftone copper, has found
considerable application. Such plates have been found as
satisfactory for printing or molding as the originals.
SPEEDING UP OF DEPOSITION
The demand for increased speed in the manufacture of
electrotypes has resulted in a more rapid deposition of copper
in most foundries. Three or four hours, at least, were for-
merly required to deposit the average electrotype shell. In
1927 it was reported before the International Association of
Electrotypers that copper shells could be produced commer-
cially in 15 minutes. There is no doubt that these shells were
every bit as tough and as thick as the average. The conditions
for the rapid deposition of copper require considerable
change in the average foundry set-up and it is only under the
most favorable conditions that a satisfactory shell can be
deposited in the small amount of time reported above. By
adjusting the conditions of operation, most electrotypers
have been able to produce satisfactory copper shells in a frac-
tion of the time formerly required. It must be understood
that all shells can not be produced in this manner unless a
foundry is especially equipped for that purpose.
Another factor that has made it possible to deposit more
rapidly is the increased attention of the temperature control
of the copper solutions by the electrotypers. The use of
various cooling coils and devices for maintaining a fairly
constant temperature in the solutions has improved efficiency.
Methods for analyzing the solutions used in the electro-
deposition of nickel, copper, and chromium have been sim-
plified and published.
MATERIALS BOUGHT ON SPECIFICATION
Specifications have been prepared and published for many
of the materials that are used in the electrotyping process
such as graphite, nickel anodes, nickel salts, etc. The use of
material bought on specification tends to uniformity of
quality and to reduce the irregularities that would naturally
result from differences in these materials.
The soldering fluid, tin foil, cleaning solutions, and various
other miscellaneous compounds and chemicals that are used
in electrotyping are now checked and bought on the basis of
their chemical and physical properties rather than trade
names, as was almost exclusively done in earlier years.
PAGE 18
OcTOBER, 1934
IMPROVEMENTS IN CASTING PROCESSES
The casting process in our industry has received consider-
able study. There have been a number of patents issued
covering the backing-up of electrotype shells in pans so that
a perfectly flat cast would result. In some cases the faces of
the shells are held flat against the casting pan by pressure
from the back, in others by suction from the front, and in
still others by mechanical grids. Unfortunately there does
not seem to be a casting pan, with such devices in connec-
tion with it, that is now satisfactory for general use. Un-
doubtedly this problem will receive considerable attention
within the next few years.
Various pumps for transmitting the molten electrotype
metal and devices for pouring it on the shells, devices for
pouring exactly the same amounts in successive casts and for
maintaining a uniform temperature in the metal pots are
coming into more general use.
DEVELOPMENTS IN FINISHING OPERATIONS
The greatest number of developments and the most impor-
tant ones in the electrotyping industry have been of a
mechanical nature in connection with the plate finishing
operations. Almost every machine used in the electrotyping
processes has been studied and improved. The speed, capacity,
accuracy, or efficiency or all of these factors have been
improved.
The development of precision machinery for certain of the
electrotyping processes was the outstanding achievement of
the period. Among them may be listed molding presses, cor-
recting and “bumping” presses, shaving machines, combina-
tion roughers and shavers, curving machines, routers. The
accuracy, performance, and mechanical nature of most of
this equipment is excellent. The introduction of precision
machinery has made it possible for the electrotyper to manu-
facture plates that will meet the most rigid specifications.
Actually, electrotypes generally have a greater mechanical
precision than the presses on which they are used.
An entire set of electrotype machinery has been recently
developed for casting and processing curved electrotypes in
the curved position.
A jig for the assernbly of multiple units for pattern or
printing purposes is now being used successfully. Perfect
register of two or more colors may be retained by the use of
this device.
Two types of register tables are now sold that permit the
accurate checking of position and register of patterns and
forms before they are molded and of the electrotypes after
they have been completed. These tables are especially valu-
able where color process work is being assembled together
with other units, in more than one color, to form composite
plates.
ACCURATE WOOD PLANERS
In spite of many experiments to find a more suitable
mounting material for electrotypes, wood is still the most
practicable. A new wood planer was developed several years
ago that will plane the wood to a surface level of plus or
minus 0.001 in. The manufacturers of blocking lumber have
developed a high degree of accuracy in their planers and are
now furnishing regularly planed-to-gage lumber within a
thousandth of an inch of a specified height.
PRECISION PROOF PRESSES
The use of precision proof presses in checking electrotypes
during their manufacture and after their completion has
become almost universal in the industry. At least three types
of very accurate presses for this purpose have been developed
and improved within the past ten years. Gauges for accu-
rately checking the thickness of plates and bases are also
being used to great advantage.
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
The Wood Autopaster
A device for automatically splicing
paper rolls at full press speed
The most revolutionary aid to publication
which has appeared since the invention of
the Autoplate Machine
A man presses a button; a full
paper roll thereupon automat-
ically replaces an expiring one;
the press meanwhile maintains,
uninterruptedly, its usual run-
ning speed, while only copies
which actually contain splices
are discarded as waste— here
indeed is something new
under the sun.
Already in use by
The New York Times The Toronto Star
The Chicago Tribune
while a battery of Autopasters is under construction for
The London Daily Mail
Says John Firth, of The London Daily Mail in ‘‘Printing’’: ‘‘Ameri-
can newspapers are now ‘autopasting’ conscious. The Wood Auto-
paster successfully makes a join at any speed, its operation being
the acme of simplicity.”’
WOOD NEWSPAPER MACHINERY CORPORATION
MAKERS OF FINE NEWSPAPER MACHINERY
501 Fifth Avenue, New York
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer OcTOBER, 1934
ANNOU
TO THE METROPOLITAN N
N 1928 we put the Wood Steel Press upon the market. The New York Times
then installed the first of its fast Wood machines, and it has now in use the
equivalent of 15 Wood steel sextuple presses.
To these machines The Times is attaching Wood Autopasters, so that already
more than half of them are automatically replenished with paper while running
at full speed.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, The Chicago Tribune, The Cincinnati
Times-Star, The St. Paul Dispatch, and The Boston Record, in this country, The
Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror, in London, and L’Intransigeant, in Paris, have
purchased similar presses.
This fundamentally new press — the fruit of long researches by the Wood
Laboratory — introduced for the first time high-speed newspaper printing, with
good typography and accurate folding, which theretofore had been thought im-
practicable. The Wood steel folder, for instance, which is the fastest and most
accurate folding machine in existence, has been run successfully at 81,000 prod-
ucts an hour, and, like the rest of the Wood press, is unbreakable. This is a good
measure of our achievement. While we have
not yet brought the speed of printing up to
that of our folder, we are nevertheless mak-
ing rapid strides in this direction. Being its
designer and builder I can speak with accu-
racy of the capabilities of the Wood Steel Press.
GINCINNAT! TIMES-oTAR
My dear Mr. Wood:
We thought well of Wood
presses when we ordered them
and they have more than worked
up to our anticipations. They
are running smoothly, getting
Having abandoned cast-iron in working
parts and the use of plain bearings, we intro-
duced steel for the first time in newspaper
printing press history as a generally-employed
out our editions rapidly and do-
ing a good job of printing.
The enthusiasm of the men in
our pressroom for our new
presses is one of the striking
things about our new plant, and
I am glad to tell you of the en-
thusiasm of our entire organiza-
tion for Wood presses.
HULBERT TAFT.
metal, as well as anti-friction bearings.
The use of these more expensive materials
and the finer workmanship which our con-
struction entailed necessarily increased
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Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
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es the cost of press building. This in turn acted to raise the sales price of Wood
he Steel Presses substantially above that of other presses.
Our engineering department thereupon set to work devising methods and
ly tools by means of which costs could be reduced without sacrificing the speed or
1g dependability of our press, or the quality of its product. As this work has now |
been finished, we are able for the first time to offer Wood Steel Presses at a |
ti popular price. |
1e This price has been made uniform for all purchasers. It varies only with the |
ve numbers of printing units and folders selected. Thus for the first time a news- |
paper press is put upon the market at a fixed and open price; we may be said to |
d have established for printing presses what is in effect a ‘‘rate card.’’ |
h The one-price policy which prevails in all departments of our business enables us |
_ to maintain in the manufacture of our machinery a standard of excellence which |
st cannot be achieved where prices are the subject of negotiation. Machines necessarily |
|. vary in quality as they vary in price, despite the prevailing belief to the contrary. |
d It has become our firm conviction, which is born of long experience in the |
e production of newspapers wherein the main-
0 tenance of schedules is imperative and manu-
+ facturing costs must be rigidly controlled, es) ,
iS that the use of any but the most effective and Ch e 7x elu aes ork Times
- dependable machinery is wholly inadmissible. My dear Mr. Wood:
: : I congratulate you upon the
;. Where prestige and profit alike depend upon contin: saateniamnen: Gb: ian
‘ certainty of issue, machine failures should be Wood press, which has oun even
*hili more than you claimed for it
: placed beyond the realm of possibility. The sien, oh unis teenie dees
é painstakingly-made products of our shops — New York Times.
{ simple, rugged, dependable — provide the It has uniformly maintained a
best insurance we know of against such low waste record, combined with
. , : an astonishingly high produc-
_ routine catastrophies. tion average. Its continuously
: satisfactory performance has re-
° HENRY A. WISE WOOD, moved it from the experimental
sphere, and it has successfully
! PRESIDENT introduced an unusually fast-
running printing press which all
CHINERY CORPORATION
NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY
publishers requiring speed with
first-class production will doubt-
less welcome and encourage.
Its work has fully justified our
selection of it.
ADOLPH S. OCHS.
Printing EQuIPMENT Engineer OcTOBER, 1934
The Automatic
Autoplate Machine
The Standard Machine Used by the World’s
Foremost Newspapers
HE AUTOMATIC Autoplate
Machine produces four plates
a minute — four plates of the high-
est quality ever made in newspaper
stereotyping.
It occupies no more space than a
Junior Autoplate Machine, and
doubles that machine’s produc-
tion.
It produces plates of lighter weight,
and the strongest plates ever made.
It eliminates the plate variation
which is inseparable from the most
skillful hand operation. It there-
fore standardizes quality, in addi-
tion to insuring, automatically, a
WOOD
fixed and dependable rate of pro-
duction.
It greatly reduces the physical ef-
fort involved in making plates, and
thus relieves the operator of strain
and conserves his energy and time.
It insures a maximum number of
casts per mat— a practically un-
limited number from a good mat
-because the mat is in contact
with hot metal for shorter periods
of time.
It is very easy to operate. The oper-
ator simply inserts the mat and
presses a button. The machine does
the rest automatically, ejecting
four plates a minute. It has no
other speed.
It makes it possible to schedule, ac-
curately and dependably, the num-
ber of plates which can be pro-
duced in a given length of time.
It facilitates running late news,
shortens the time required to start
a battery of presses, and makes for
earlier finishes in the pressroom.
An immediately
profitable purchase
in good times
or bad
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LARGEST PAPER
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La Prensa Uses GOODRICH ROLLERS
Exclusively in New Buenos Aires Plant
Was would expect superintendents in
this country to specify Goodrich Rubber Rollers—
they can see and check, in plants all around them,
the faster production, better printing, longer life of
these better rollers. But Argentina is a long way
off. Yet when La Prensa of Buenos Aires built
a fine modern plant, with 21 new Hoe Super- Pro-
duction press units, every one of them was 100%
equipped with Goodrich Printers’ Rollers.
The fame of Goodrich Rollers has spread even
that far because there are few if any other single
items in the press room that can add so much to
the efficient production of a modern newspaper.
Goodrich Printers’ Rollers, made of a perfected
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rubber compound, absolutely assure faster produc-
tion and clear, sharp printing throughout the run.
These Rollers do not pit nor swell at the ends, and
they are always uniform regardless of temperature
or humidity. As a result, you have no shutdowns
for resetting or washups, and production time and
operating costs are reduced.
Goodrich Rollers last longer in any climate, and
after years of trouble-free use they can be reground
and put back for additional years of equally satis-
factory service. More and more leading newspapers
everywhere are equipping with Goodrich Rubber
Rollers to speed up production and improve print-
ing appearance. For actual performance reports
and opinions of superintendents you know, write to
—
Coodrich Geiiew Rollers
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
OcTOBER, 1934
PaGE 23
1000 Page Proofs per Hour
Vandercook No. 325-A Power Proof Press is
a modern press for fast-moving newspapers.
Forward-looking publishers know the advan-
tage of giving advertisers good proofs,
guickly—and in ample quantities for check-
ing and advance posting. You can do this
with the Vandercook No. 325-A.
Learn why all major newspapers in New
York City operate No. 325-A Presses or the
No. 25 shown below. Write NOW.
40 Good Proofs Per Minute
No. 23 Vandercook Electric Proof Press gives
good proofs up to six full columns wide at the
rate of 40 per minute.
This new, compact, high-speed press is equip-
ped with special Vandercook impression
cylinder and rubber rollers insuring good
proofs from forms and galleys that vary as
much as .015 in height.
Necessary equipment to the large newspaper
where speed is important. Write for com-
plete information and prices.
VANDERCOOK & SONS, Inc.
Originators of the Modern Proof Press
908 North Kilpatrick Ave. Chicago, Illinois
PAGE 24
OCTOBER, 1934
Sectional
Stereo P lates
For Imprinting Newspaper Size Pages
— Sections Cut and Beveled on Special
Machines Devised by Carl Petit
By Dry Mat BILi
T Is a considerable part of the business of the Con-
solidated Press, Cleveland, Ohio, to print four-
page newspaper size sections for manufacturers
doing business on a national scale (such as the Sherwin-
Williams Company in Cleveland).
These sections are for dealer distribution and in
many instances similar sections will be sent to several
dealers in as many towns. For instance, a dealer in a
small city will require 1000 sections for his personal
use and in a larger city another dealer may want 5000
Fig. 1.—View of Pettit stereotype plate slitter. The saw slits the plate
(which contains six imprints) into narrow sections. The sections are
taken to the machine shown in Fig. 2 where they are beveled.
copies or more of the same section. In all cases, the
dealer’s name and address is printed on the section.
Formerly, at the Consolidated Press, it was custom-
ary to cast an entire stereotype plate containing the
dealer’s firm name and address strip in proper position
on a full size plate. The plate was then locked in a
separate unit on a Duplex Tubular Press and handled
just as though it were a color run. In other words, the
page on which the address strip was to be printed con-
tained an open space which was filled in by printing
Continued on page 25
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
. . Stereo Plates
(Continued from page 20)
from the extra plate on a separate unit. This method
of casting and routing a separate full plate for each
dealer’s address entailed considerable preparatory work.
Carl Pettit, stereotyping superintendent, however,
has improved the method of casting, routing and trim-
ming the dealer address plates so that it is now possi-
ble to cast six dealer addresses on one plate. By design-
ing two special machines for the purpose, Mr. Pettit
provided a means for cutting the large plate into six
sections. Adoption of this system has resulted in a
120% increase in production and has been the means
of a saving in mats amounting to 200%.
Fig. 2—Pettit imprint plate beveling machine. The two saws are mounted
to cut a 40 deg. bevel on two sides of each imprint. The plate is then
ready to be locked by special clips on an impression cylinder of a Duplex
Tubular Press. The beveling saws are driven by a 2% h.p. motor and
operate at a speed of approximately 3600 r.p.m.
After each section is beveled it is locked on the
impression cylinder. One side of the plate section is
held against the conventional stop bar and the other
side is clamped down tightly by means of special clips
machined in the cylinder at the proper location.
While the equipment was designed for a Duplex
Tubular Press, it can be adapted to stereotyping and
press equipment of any other make.
After the full-size plate containing the six dealer
addresses has been cast and trimmed, it is taken to one
of the two special machines designed by Mr. Pettit.
The first operation is to slit the plate into sections. The
machine used for this operation is shown in Fig. 1.
The cylinder upon which the plate is slipped is a dupli-
cate of the regular tubular core. A preliminary cut
next to the plate slot is first taken to remove the bolster,
then the slide guide is withdrawn and the plate is
rotated to bring its newly-cut edge against the sta-
tionary guide. The plate may then be cut into sections.
After the six pieces have been cut by the slitter,
they are taken to the beveling machine, Fig. 2. Each
section is locked on a saddle slide by a suitable clip
which is tightened by means of a knurled hand wheel.
Two saws, mounted at an angle of 40 deg., bevel both
sides of the section in one operation. They are then
ready to slip into the press cylinder.
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
OcTOBER, 1934
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A small plant—
a GROWING paper
EED to cut corners everywhere to
make press time, or else under-
take expensive plant changes.
The enterprising stereotype foreman
comes across with an idea— change
to Certified Mats. He has been
looking into the matter and is
convinced.
Easier molding, less time at the
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OcTOBER, 1934
eis Color Problems
(Continued from page 9)
from the basic colors. The amazing total of 1295 shades
can be obtained through the use of three colors and black.
Mr. Berckmans acknowledges that the artist preparing
illustrative material for newspaper wet printing must be
familiar with the limitations of the printing method. Also
he must understand how he may obtain the colors to be used
in the copy he is preparing. If the artist knows what his
limitations are in the use of color he should have no great
difficulty and can work accordingly.
To be perfectly honest with our readers, the editor wishes
to state that owing to the time limit available in which
arrangements could be made, the insert demonstrating a plan
for standardized newspaper color printing inks in this issue
of Printing EQuIPMENT Engineer was not printed on a
rotary newspaper press under actual newspaper production
conditions. The insert was printed on a Miehle Vertical.
Due to flat-bed printing and the manner of inking the vari-
ous forms the colors may appear to be somewhat more bril-
liant than would be the case had the insert been printed in
the customary manner. The insert is only intended to
demonstrate the number of shades obtainable through the
use of three colors and black. The editor feels this explanation
ought to be made so that our readers may take it into con-
sideration.
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer is interested in the subject
of newspaper color standardization because we believe it will
benefit the newspaper publishing industry. In an important
question such as this, it is inevitable that more than one plan
will be offered. Determination of what is best in color
standardization is a function of the Joint Committee. This
magazine is providing an opportunity for sponsors to present
their plans so that all the parties interested will be able to
approach the subject intelligently.
CONSISTENCY
INCE Government is sponsoring Codes looking to the
righteous conduct of business, it is only fair that
Government should be consistent with respect to the
observance of the ethics stipulated in the Codes by establish-
ing itself as a buyer willing to conform to Code regulations.
Also, in view of Government’s paternity over Industry and
its insistence that business shall not be conducted at less than
cost, it should approach the supplier in buying equipment
and supplies just as would any other business institution,
however small in comparison the other purchaser might be.
According to Secretary James E. Bennet a substantial
majority of the members of the National Printing Equipment
Association, Inc., are opposed to the Executive Order of
June 29 permitting a 15% reduction below the prices filed on
bids made to certain public authorities.
Objections to the order permitting a preferred 15% dis-
count in prices to government agencies are illuminating and
in our opinion are justified. Some of the protests are as
follows: Public authorities should support Codes; the order
is against Government plans and the interests of employer
and employe; if public authorities obtain lower prices, pri-
vate purchasers will pay increased costs; in some cases the
order would not permit a profit and manufacturers state that
they cannot operate without a profit; Government can afford
list prices if other consumers can; chiselers will take advan-
tage; the 15% reduction presents an opportunity to indulge
in price-cutting. Others stated the proposal is contrary to
Code, defeats its purposes and would cause people to lose
respect for Codes and the Government in general.
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
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HE dramatic events which are constantly transpiring
' throughout the world are quickly transmitted to
eager readers through the medium of the press. Through
this powerful instrument talented editorial writers, as
well as masters of fiction and advertising, give vibrant
life to words.
Without the scientific development of printing, histor=
ical facts would become distorted. Today we read of
that which has taken place in the past and receive first=
hand information of the happenings of the hour and of
the forecasts of the future.
One of the major factors in the recording of words is
the transferring of cold type to paper, and the proper
IDEAL ROLLER & MANUFACTURING COMPANY
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OCTOBER, 1934
CONVEYS AND RECORDS
Dh Caled Vi THE MESSAGE OF THE HOUR
ink distribution that makes this possible depends upon
the use of good rollers.
Ideal Rollers are serving publications and newspapers
throughout the world. They are in use day and night,
operating at high speeds, pouring out millions upon
millions of clear, legible impressions, carrying new
thought, bringing new hope to mankind, ever increasing
in intelligence with the passing of time.
Ideal Rollers are universally accepted as the combining
factor between ink and paper.
Located conveniently near your plant there is an Ideal
Roller sales office ready to render intelligent coopera-
tion without, of course, entailing any obligation.
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PAGE 27
WHY WE STICK TO
IMPERIAL
Less Fuel Consumption
EARS ago when we were using blank metal
we noticed that we seemed to have tremen-
dous electric bills. We called in an Imperial
representative, who told us that we could cut our
fuel by changing to Imperial. He said that the
lead, tin and antimony in Imperial metal are in
a 100% solution. In reality a perfect mixture.
This solution enabled Imperial Type Metal to be
cast at lower temperatures and consequently save
fuel. We switched to Imperial, and we not only
save fuel but we notice that we also have less
dross. All in all, our greatest reason for sticking
to Imperial] is lower yearly metal costs.
THE IMPERIAL TYPE METAL CO.
Philadelphia - New York - Chicago - Los Angeles
PaGE 28
OcTOBER, 1934
Monotype Mold Blade Starter
By LEon A. LINK*
times experienced the difficulty of getting type to
eject from a Monotype Giant Caster mold+. Some oper-
ators strike the mold blade bell crank with a pig of metal
when starting the cast and others pry it over with a screw-
driver. These methods are not satisfactory and are make-
shifts at their best.
Allan Randall, one of our monotype operators, has devel-
oped a device that is much more satisfactory in every respect.
It consists of a lever shown at / in the accompanying plan
view diagram. When operated, the lever exerts a powerful and
fully-controlled force against the bell crank stud 2 to start
F's monotype operator when starting to cast, has at
eee SS)
Diagram showing application of Randall mold blade starter which is in use
in the monotype department of the Des Moines Register-Tribune compos-
ing room. This diagram was executed by Carl Bloomberg, Jr., assistant
to Mr. Randall.
the mold blade. The device has been in use for several months
on two Giant casters in our plant. His assistant, Carl Bloom-
berg, Jr., has made a drawing which accompanies this article
and shows just how it is applied to the machine.
First, we had the plant machinist make a bolt 2, which ts
an inch longer than the one that originally came with the
machine. It acts as a pivot for the lever 1. The bolt is long
enough to allow for two locknuts on the top and above the
lever.
The original pin 3 was replaced with one having a round,
solid head 1 in. diam. and ¥% in. high. This studhead provides
a bearing against which the lever 1 works, causing the pres-
sure to make the ejection.
The lever / was made from a piece of mild steel 4, in. thick
*Superintendent of the Composing Room, Des Moines Register-T ribune,
Des Moines, Iowa.
That is, this difficulty is experienced when the mold and its associated
parts have not become pre-heated through transmission of the heat
from the metal pot to the mold and where it is desirable to start opera-
tion as soon as possible.-—Edifor.
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
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and 114, in. wide. The lever is 17 in. long and was curved so
that it would fit closely about the micrometer wheel stand
when not in use. When the operator pushes the lever over to
cause the ejection he should be sure that the cross-block has
fully opened so that neither it nor the end of the mold blade
will be damaged.
A good machinist can make these three parts and it is a
simple matter to install them on the machine. It is just
another of those things that you would not be without after
having used it for a while. The accompanying illustration
shows plainly how it is attached to the machine.
Trade Practice Complaint Committee
The plan for handling trade practice complaints in the
printing equipment industry and trade has been approved
by the division administrator of the National Recovery
Administration.
The following six members constitute the committee:
Arthur Bentley, President, Miehle Printing Press & Manu-
facturing Company, and President of the National Print-
ing Equipment Association, is Chairman of the Code
Authority; Thomas R. Jones, President, American Type
Founders Sales Corporation, and Vice-President of the
National Printing Equipment Association, is Vice-Chair-
man of the Code Authority; Joseph T. Mackey, Executive
Vice-President, Mergenthaler Linotype Company, and
Treasurer of the National Printing Equipment Association,
is Treasurer of the Code Authority; Calvert B. Cottrell,
3rd, President, C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company; James S.
Gilbert, President, Dexter Folder Company, and R. V.
Mitchell, President, Harris-Seybold-Potter Company.
Bench Type Saw-Trimmer
A bench-type saw trimmer for use in composing rooms
has been announced. The device is equipped with an 18 in.
by 22 in. table which carries no slots or grooves. An exten-
sion arm on the front of the table adds an extra 5 in. to the
top, giving a maximum working area of 23 in. by 22 in.
All gauges and attachments can be removed when desired
to make the entire table free for work.
A 6-in. circular saw with three trimmer knives runs in
a ball bearing elevating arbor. The jig saw mechanism is
unique. A saber type blade is used in the jig saw mechan-
This new saw-trimmer
carries a saber type jig
saw.
ism which is operated by friction drive. The circular saw
is lowered until it clears the table top, when the trimmer
head contacts the drive pulley and the jig saw starts auto-
matically. The entire saw mechanism is run by one V-type
belt and one set of pulleys.
The pica gauge, with 12-point vernier adjustment, has an
80-pica capacity. The work vise holds straight or mitered
material. The machine is also equipped with miter gauge,
drill chuck, grinder and fence guide.
A '4 h.p. motor furnishes the power.
Further particulars may be obtained from the Printers’
Equipment Mfg. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
quality.
P. O. BOX 131 « »
they wear better!
Koated Kleerprint Drawsheets
Treated with a special process that gives a glossy surface to the
sheet, doubles the length of its service and improves the printing
We can supply drawsheets in any gauge, standard dull surface
or processed. Also Silvertop drawsheets, plain felt and rubber or
cork underpacking. Allso cutting rubbers.
AMERICAN PUBLISHERS SUPPLY
WEST LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
OcTOBER, 1934
PAGE 29
KIDDER ANNOUNCES
a New TRADE NAME/
THREE
POINT
PRESS
has been regis-
tered as the offi-
cial trademark of
all presses manu-
factured by
U.P. M. - Kidder
Press Company.
‘'Three-Point
Press’’ signifies
that each of the three most important quali-
fications of a press have been engineered
into the Kidder press.
PROPER DISTRIBUTION
OF INK
CONTROL OVER THE
PAPER
ACCURACY OF THE
IMPRESSION
U.PM-KIDDER PRESS
COMPANY Srcoxporaled —
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One and Two-Sheet Rotaries . . . All Size Adjustables . . .
Automatic Bed and Platen Presses . . . Golden Arrow Straight-
Line Bronzer . . . Multi-Color Web Presses . . . Slitters and Re-
winders . . . Chapman Electric Neutralizer . . . Special Printing
Machinery of All Kinds.
PaGE 30
OcTOBER, 1934
Printing Press
P atents Numerous
Web Control, Inking Mechanism, Sheet
Handling Means, Signature Delivery
Claims Allowed
and Color Press
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
Printed Copies of Patents Are Furnished by the Patent Office at 10 Cents
Each. These May Be Obtained by Addressing the Commissioner of Patents,
at Washington, D. C.
Bookbinding:
1,973,375. PROCESS OF BOOKBINDING WITHOUT STITCHES. Philip A. Frazier
Oak Park, Ill. Application July 11, 1932. Serial No. 622.005. 4 Claims. (Cl. 281 — 26.)
4, Those steps in the process of building a book which consist of arranging sheets collected
into signatures to either side of a group of separate sheets. of effecting grooves transversely
of all the sheets and more deeply thereinto as the top and bottom faces of the arranged
sheets and signatures are approached, of placing glue in such grooves and upon the back
edges of the center group of sheets and of working the glue between the adjacent back
margins of the center sheets.
1,973,682. METHOD OF AND MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPENING
CLOSED BOOK SIGNATURES AND THE LIKE. Rudolf Klemm and Walter Geissler,
Leipzig-Plagwitz, Germany. assignors to Gebruder Brebmer, Leipzig-Plagwitz, Germany,
a firm of Germany. Application February 8, 1933. Serial No. 655,846. In Germany Febru-
ary 11, 1932. 19 Claims. (Cl. 270 — 53.)
3. Means for opening a closed signature or the like, comprising a plurality of sheet-de-
flecting members arranged in sequence and laterally of the closed signature, the number of
operative members in the sequence being at least equal to the number of leaves to be de-
flected from the plane in which the fold of the signature lies, and means for progressing the
signature past the sequence of sheet-deflecting members.
Composing Machinery:
1,970,566. SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING MACHINES. Edward E.
Kleinschmidt, Chicago, IIl., assignor by mesne assignments to Teletypesetter Corpora-
tion, Chicago, IIl., a corporation of Delaware. Application June 5, 1929. Serial No. 368,641.
47 Claims. (Cl. 199 — 18.)
1. In combination, a composing machine, a control unit mechanically attached to the
composing machine and adapted to initiate all the functions of the composing machine, a
transmitting unit mechanically independent of the control unit but electrically connected
thereto, means included in the transmitting unit to transmit electrical impulses to the
control unit to selectively operate the composing machine, and means attached to the
composing machine to contro] the transmitting unit.
1,970,567. COMPOSING MACHINE. Louis M. Potts, Chicago, Ill., assignor, by mesne
assignments, to Teletypesetter Corporation, Chicago, IIl., a corporation of Delaware.
Application June 5, 1929. Serial No. 368,642. Renewed January 2, 1934. &0 Claims.
(Cl. 199 — 29.)
1. In combination, a series of permutation members, a series of elements selected by the
setting of the members, means to set a plurality of the members, a common actuator for
the selected elements, and means controlled by certain settings of the members and oper-
ated by the actuator to set another of the members.
1,971,399. SLUG CASTING MACHINE. Frank C. Frolander, Elizabeth, N. J., assignor
to Mergenthaler Linotype Company, a corporation of New York. Application December
21. 1932. Serial No. 648,199. 39 Claims. (Cl. 199 — 47.)
1. In a slug-casting machine, the combination of 2 transporter for presenting a composed
line to the mold, the main drive shaft for the machine, and means actuated from the shaft
for causing the transporter to present the line to the mold a plurality of times to cast a
corresponding plurality of duplicate slugs, the means being adjustable to vary the number
of slugs cast from each line.
1,971,400. SLUG CASTING MACHINE. Frank C. Frolander, Elizabeth, N. J., assignor
To Mergenthaler Linotype Company, a corporation of New York. Application February
23, 193%. Serial No. 658,077. 46 Claims. (Cl. 199 — 50.)
1. In a slug-casting machine, tne combination of a pair of line-clamping jaws, means for
moving one of the jaws into contact with a composed line, means independent of the line
for moving the jaw outwardly a limited distance from its line contacting position to permit
the line to be expanded by spacebands to a corresponding extent, and means for nolding
the jaw in its outwardly moved position during the expansion of the line.
1,971,424. SLUG CASTING MACHINE. Luther E. Morrison, New York, N. Y., and
Frank C. Frolander, Elizabetn, N. J.. assignors to Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 2
corporation of New York. Application September 16, 1933. Serial No. 689,710. 34 Claims.
(Cl. 199 — 50.)
1. In a slug-casting machine, the combination of a pair of line-clamping jaws, one of the
jaws being adjustable toward the other to accommodate lines of different lengths, means
for moving one of the jaws inwardly from its line-receiving position into contact with a
composed line. the jaw being thereafter movable outwardly a limited distance from its line
contacting position, and means controlled by the set position of the adjustable jaw for
determining the extent of such outward movement for lines of a given length.
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
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1,972,674. LUG MATRIX FOR TYPE METAL. Robert P. Barennes, Bordeaux, France. es eae
Application April 25, 1931. Serial No. 532,908. In France May 5, 1930. 1 Claim. (Cl. TIME
199 — 66.)
In matrices for the production of type bars, a matrix having a recess in the casting sur-
face of greater depth than the corresponding depth of the recesses in the similar letter b
matrices whereby a projection over type high may be formed to serve as a guide at any
desired position in the type bar or at the end.
1,972,887, METAL PUMP FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES. Ransom H. Turner, EFFOR I
Little Neck, Long Island, N. Y., assignor to Intertype C orporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., a
corporation of New York. Applic “si “i 14, 1933. Serial No. 675,848. In Germany
June 15, 1932. 16 Claims. (Cl. 22 —
1. A casting pump for typographic val ane aa having at least one metal injecting plunger,
and a cam for controlling the operation of the pump, pump actuating means conncetcd to
the pump and carrying a plurality of rollers running surultaneously on the cam, and stops
operative to hold actuating means in retracted position and to effect full release of the
total available actuating force of the actuating. means and thereby start the pumping
operation of the pump when the rearmost roller is released by the cam.
1.973.586. TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE. Ransom H. Turner, Little Neck, N. Y..
assignor to Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York. Appli-
cation August 25, 1933. Serial No. 686,785. In Germany March 2, 1933. 13 Claims.
(Cl. 199 — 50.)
1. In a typographical machine having a matrix line receiving vice comprising jaws at
least one of which Jaws is movable toward the other jaw, and a justifying device for expand-
ing spacebands in the line, actuating means operative by the rain cam shaft of the rachine
to close the movable jaw against a matrix line, relieve the movable jaw by interrupting
closing action thereof and thereby leaving the line free to pertrit justification unopposed
by the jaw, and a ently to move the movable jaw against the line to confine the latter
ee ee Put a dependable foundation
1,972,470. OFFSET PRINTING PRESS. Howard M. Barber, Paweatuck, Conn., assignor under your engravings
to C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company, Westerly. R. I., a corporation of Delaware. Applica-
~~ May 17, 1933. Serial No. 671,451. 63 Claims. (e 1. 101 — 143.)
In an offset printing press, coacting design, transfer and impression cylinders, their
pe ot, and means for independently driving the impression cylinder
Plate Making: The modern engraver has become a past
1,971,116. MEANS FOR PROTECTING RECIPROC ATING TABLES OF MATRIX- master in his work. Time, patience and skill
M: 7—"%, M: ae ee ‘dward J. pean taal ag ae assignor to R. Hoe & l .
Co., Inc., New Yor , a corporation of New Yor rving rust C ompany, ‘apelin i i j i =
Application December 21, 1931. Serial No. 582.209. 2 Claims. (Cl. 101 — 12. are app le unstintingly. It 1S only reason
1. Ina matrix-making machine including a reciprocating table and a coope PA pressure
roller, the table being formed of metal of given hardness and having core holes extending able then that modern engravers demand
wy. sapencand the —— - ard os ho metal ha oe the — and —
to the opposed ends thereof, the guard plates yeing constructed and arranged to protect the : : - ° :
ends of the table and terminal walls of the core holes and to form a closure for the core holes. fine, uniform metals which are entirely in
1,971,044. PRINTING PLATE. Robert R. Lewis, Baldwin, N. Y., assignor to Vulean keeping with the work and care lavished
Proofing Company, New York. N. Y., a corporation of New York. Applic ation February
15, 1933. Serial No. 656,772. 8 Claims. (Cl. 101 — 401.1.)
A method of forming a printing plate, which consists in spreading upon supporting upon them.
mé¢ rn rial a bonding which has a major proportion of rubber, then spreading upon the bend-
ing a surface layer which contains a flexible and oil-resistant polymerized substance which
is derived from a halogenized unsaturated hydrocarbon in the presence of sulphur, and - .
then storing the device until the surface layer has been anchored to the supporting material. Zomo Electric Zinc and A-Z A | | oy are
1,972,174. ig LTIPLE STEREOTYPE CASTING MACHINE. Isidor Tornberg, Plain ° a:
field, N. J., assignor to Wood Newspaper Machinery Corporation, New bie N. Y., a metals which stand up under all conditions
corporat of Virginia. Application June 2, 1932. Serial No. 614,874. 6 Claims. (Cl. ; z
—2.) They are manufactured by a Company which
. le a multiple stereotype plate-casting machine, the combination with a furnace, a
melting pot supported thereby, and a pump supported by the furnace and extending down f | ‘ ‘felts
into the melting pot and having a spout projecting out of the furnace, of a series of molds ully recognizes the responsibi | ity that metal
supported outside the furnace, a motor for operating the pump, the molds each consisting
of two parts, one of which is adapted to be moved to open and close the mold, contacts on
the mold in series with the circuit for supplying power to the motor, and means whereby must accept. Melted and cast by the excl U-
when a mold in casting position is closed the circuit will be completed and the motor will : sear i
operate to fill that mold with metal. sive electric induction process, they offer a
1,973,548. POSITIVELY MOLDED MATRIX. Hylton Swan, Upper Montelair, and if : d | e I hi P
fried Higgins, Verona, N. J., assignors to Bake lite Corp oration, New York, N. Y., unl ormity anaac ean, quic etc ing qual ity
“a of Delaware. Application July 2, 1929. Serial No. 375,578. 5 Claims. ic.
41- 1
1. M: rect suitable for printing plates comprising a phenolic resinoid composition molded not found In any other metals.
into negative printing areas and having incorporated therewith a filler of inert nature, the
matrix being characterized by a substantial uniformity of density at the periphery and at
the interior portions whereby it is adapted for the molding of printing plates free from Zomo Electric Zinc is ideal for all engraving
high edges and uneveness of printing surface.
—_— —-_— — — - work. A-Z Alloy is especially made for
Printing Presses:
1,970,717. WEB CONTROL FOR PRINTING PRESSES. Isidor Tornberg, Plainfield, long printing shia and heavy mat pressure.
N. J., assignor to Wood Newspaper Machinery Corporation, New York, N. Y., a cor- r
poration of Virginia. Application March 23, 1928. Serial No. 264,248. Renewed May 5, Order both these modern metals from any
1933. 9 Claims. (Cl. 242 — 58.)
3. In a printing press, the combination with means for rotatably supporting a web supply of the fol lowi ng ‘ Rol led Plate Metal Co 2
: “J
roll, a shaft, means for running the shaft from the press, a friction device for engaging the
surface of the roll, neans for connecting the shaft with the friction device to run the latter ? ia
backward to apply tension to the running web, a motor, and means for connecting the National Steel & Copper Plate Co.; Pacific
motor with the shaft for running the friction device forward for threading in.
L4ing20. MULTIPLE UNIT PRINTING PRESS. Henry A. Wise Woed, New York Steel & Copper Plate Co.; C. G. Hussey &
I assignor to The Wood Newspaper Machinery Corporation, New Yor ;
corporation of Virginia. me January 29, 1931. Serial No. 512,029. Renewed ? -
corporation of Vieginin. Application Jenn Co.; W. E. Booth Co., Ltd., Canada;
1. In a printing press, a perfecting press unit, a multiple-impression unit, the units being
adapted to print upon a common web and being disposed in superposed relation one to the 4 unter Penrose, Ltd., Eng land.
other, and a common driving means for the units and disposed between the units.
1,970,931. FOLDING AND COLLECTING MECHANISM. Curtis S. Crafts, Oak Park,
= assignor to Goss Printing Press rau Ng al of Illinois. Application
May 6, 1930. Serial No. 450,132. 14 Claims. (Cl. 270 — 6.) . .
1. A folding mechanism for use with high-speed rotary printing presses including in This folder gives the low-down about
combination a folding cylinder having holding means to take the head of a sheet or web, a
collecting cylinder having an odd number of holding means greater than one, and means
for actuating each of the holding means on the collecting cylinder once eaeh revolution or
less than once each revolution.
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Continued on page 34
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer OcTOBER, 1934 PaGE 31
Assembler Clutch with Adjustable
Tension
By L. W. WILLIs*
siDE from serious and costly delay to production noth-
ing is more annoying to an operator than faulty
action of matrices at the point of assembly. The posi-
tive assembler was devised to assist the matrices to flow into
the line smoothly by coordinating the influence of the deliv-
ery belt and chute spring at the critical point which is the
point of turning and entry of the matrices before the star
wheel. At a later date, the design of the star wheel friction
clutch was changed by introducing the lubricated clutch
disk. This is a disk with an eccentric grease-packed groove in
its face adjacent to the drive gear.
More recently, after prolonged periods of test, the lubri-
cated disk idea has been further refined in point of mechan-
ical design and a new feature which permits quick adjust-
ment of the spring tension has been added.
Illustrated in the sectional view, an extended sleeve por-
tion of the friction disk is tapped to screw on the threaded
shaft until it seats squarely against a shoulder. The faces of
the disk are trued after this assembly operation so as to
insure accurate face-wise engagement between the vertical
contacting faces of the disk and the drive gear. The spring
retaining collar engages flats provided on the extended sleeve
of the disk in order that it will turn positively with the disk.
The face of the collar seats against the outer face of the
drive gear to provide additional friction surface. The ten-
sion spring bears at one end against a closed wall of the
retaining collar, this arrangement overcoming the tendency
*Patent and Research Engineer, Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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of the spring to “dig-in” due to bearing directly on the face
of the drive gear.
The knurled adjusting nut permits convenient and quick
alteration of the clutch tension by compression or expansion
of the tension spring when the nut is turned. To avoid
excessive backing-off of the adjusting nut, a nut tapped
only part way through is run on the end of the shaft until
it jams tightly. The adjusting nut located at the back of
the assembler is easily accessible by reaching through the
opening in the face plate just above the assembling elevator.
ADJUSTING NUT
TENSION SPRING
STAR WHEEL
- +~DRIVE GEAR
/A__FRICTION DISK
; ASPRING RETAINING COLLAR
K S~ GREASE GROOVE
Diagram showing component parts of Intertype’s new assembler clutch
which is fitted with a means for regulating the star wheel spring tension.
Since a relatively large area of friction surface is provided
in this new design (two surfaces contacting respectively
with the inner and outer faces of the drive gear) the tension
for which the spring is set can be much less in strength than
formerly. This results in a sensitive and smooth acting
clutch and eliminates any chafing and sticking troubles.
Once packed, the eccentrically arranged grease groove
(vaseline is probably the best lubricant to use at this point)
provides a free and light working clutch.
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inspirations. While discussing the source of ideas used,
Mr. Berry pointed to a detailed pattern in his living
room rug as the source of an idea for the Egyptian
scarab printed with this article. The motif for the urn
design which is used to bleed off the preceding page of
this article was obtained from a large vase standing on
the porch of Mr. Berry’s home.
“It is a comparatively easy matter to adapt some
object for the purpose,” said Mr. Berry. ‘““The object
which has been selected may then be shown standing
upon a tile flooring, as in the case of the urn. Border
and rule strip material are easily adaptable for the
purpose, since cutting the various pieces to form the
design is a repetitive process which requires only the
effort at simple mathematical computation.”
Festoonery of this sort may be cut into shape on the
Rouse Mitreing Machine.
While Mr. Berry does not in all cases employ graph
paper for laying out the design, he suggested its use
for those printers who might want to lay out patterns
to conserve time and effort. The graph paper may
also be used in cases where the design is to be drawn by
one person and given to a Rouse mitreing machine
operator to make from strip material. It is a simple
matter to draw the design within the limits of non-
pareils and picas. After the design has been drawn
upon the graph paper, the dimensions as expressed by
the ruled lines are followed easily.
The Rouse rotary mitreing machine upon which
Mr. Berry does this work is equipped with a 90 deg.
included angle cutter. Each end of a piece of mate-
rial is thus cut at an angle of 45 deg. Since the machine
is equipped with a nonpareil and pica scale having a
total capacity of 144 picas, no difficulty will be pre-
sented in the making of patterns of any length or
height. At the Dispatch, Chief Machinist Jack
Lybarger adjusts the cutter so that it will cut into the
rule or border to within 0.005 in. or 0.010 in. of the
side which rests against the gauge. When only one or
two pieces of a measure are to be trimmed, each piece of
rule stock is lifted out and separated by the operator
after each cut. If a number of these short-measure
Pieces are required, the gauge and the work are moved
progressively to the left as each cut is made, after
which the pieces are separated by the operator.
Printing EQuirpMENT Engineer
OcTOBER, 1934
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.. Patents
(Continued from page 31)
1,971,081. INKING MECHANISM FOR PRINTING MACHINES. Sam Newton
Altrincham, and Fred Spence, Sale, England, assignors to Linotype and Machinery
Limited, London, England, a limited-liability company of Great Britain. Application
October 10, 1931. Serial No. 567,998. In Great Britain October 16, 1930. 4 Claims, (Cl.
101 — 356.)
1. In Inking mechanism for printing machines, the combination of a set of ink distributor
rollers rotating always in the same direction, a set of form inking rollers rotating alternately
in opposite directions, an ink distributor drum rotating always in the same direction and
adapted to receive ink from the ink distributor rollers and transfer ink to the form-inking
rollers, and a ductor roller in constant rolling contact with the drum, two rollers of the
form-inking set being so located that the ductor roller makes contact with them in alterna-
tion during the rotation of the form-inking roller set in respectively opposite directions,
1,971,771. PRINTING PRESS. Curtis 8. Crafts, Oak Park, IIl., assignor to The Goss
Printing Press Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois. Application January 5,
1933. Serial No. 650,224. 8 Claims. (Cl. 101 — 225.) ,
1. In a printing press, the combination of a plurality of web-fed printing units, means for
associating the printed webs from the units, a web supply means for each of the units, web
threading means for each unit operable independently of the units and means for individually
operating the threading means whereby wasting of the webs is avoided. :
1,971,896. SHEET HANDLING MECHANISM FOR PRINTING PRESSES. Robert S.
Barber, New London, Conn., assignor to C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company, Westerly, R. I.,
a os of Delaware. Application November 2, 1932. Serial No. 640,761. 15 Claims,
(Cl. 271 — 79.)
1. An endless sheet carrier comprising, side chains, oppositely disposed coacting grippers
mounted on the chains, and means for simultaneously adjusting the chains laterally in
parallelism toward and away from each other or for adjusting one of the chains toward
= ig from the other chain, for permitting the grippers to handle sheets of different
widths.
1,971,897. SIGNATURE DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR PRINTING PRESSES,
Howard M. Barber, Pawcatuck, Conn., assignor to C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company.
Westerly, R. I. a corporation of Delaware. Application November 21, 1932. Serial No.
643,597. 5 Claims. (Cl. 271 — 87.)
1. In a packer delivery, a two-way packer box provided with uprising sides having oppo-
sitely disposed signature guides, reciprocating packer fingers operable to pack signatures
alternately in opposite directions and signature pack retaining means operable to retain the
packs against displacement as the packer fingers are retracted, the means comprising
pairs of oppositely disposed coacting devices located respectively to the front and rear of
the signature guides and movable into and out of the signature path.
1,971,962. SHEET FEEDING DEVICE. Ruel A. Jones, Covington, Ky., assignor to R. A.
Jones & Co., Incorporated, Covington, Ky., a corporation of Kentucky. Application
July 5. 1933. Serial No. 679,071. 2 Claims. (Cl. 271 — 41.)
1. In a sheet feeding device for operating upon the lowermost sheet of a stack or pile for
successively extracting the sheets individually, comprising, rotary sheet feeding means for
frictional engagement with the lowermost sheet of the pile within a rack to advance and
extract the lowermost sheet therefrom, a continuously rotating spindle removably carrying
a needle, the needle tapering toward one end to provide an extremely fine point for pene-
trating several of the lower sheets at the rear end for withholding against extraction, the
sheets not directly operated upon by the sheet feeding means, a journal bracket journalling
the spindle adjustable for changing the angle of the needle relative to the plane of the sheets,
and gearing for transmitting the spindle journalled on the bracket as a unit therewith.
1,972,460. DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR USE IN PRINTING MACHINES. Cecil
George Quick, Eltham, London, and Charles William Marshall, Brixton, London, England,
assignors to R. Hoe & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York; Irving
Trust Company, receiver. Application October 13, 1930. Serial No. 488,394. In Great
Britain May 22, 1930. 7 Claims. (Cl. 271 — 80.)
1. In delivery mechanism for printing machines having a fan wheel delivery .the combi-
nation of a fan wheel, a conveyor assembly coactable with the fan wheel for receiving
products from same, the conveyor assembly being adjustable relatively to the fan wheel
for receiving products of various thicknesses, and means including self-locking instrumen-
talities for adjusting the conveyor assembly towards and away from the fan wheel.
1,972,494. COLOR PRINTING PRESS. Oscar C. Roesen, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to
Wood Newspaper Machinery Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Virginia.
5 ee March 5, 1931. Serial No. 520,301. Renewed January 30, 1934. 12 Claims.
(Cl. 270 — 5.)
1. In a web press, a multi-color printing unit comprising a plurality of plate cylinders.
means for leading a plurality of web strips side by side through the unit, and means between
each pair of cylinders for leading out any one of the strips from the unit.
1,972,506. PRINTING PRESS. Henry A. Wise Wood, New York, N. Y.,assignor to Wood
Newspaper Machinery Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Virginia. Appli-
cation February 20, 1931. Serial No. 517,139. Renewed July 28, 1933. 10 Claims. (Cl.
270 — 5.)
1. In a web press, a folder, a plurality of single color press units alined therewith, means
for feeding webs from the units to the folder, a pair of multi-color press units disposed sub-
stantially at right angles to the single color units, and means for leading a web through the
multi-color units and assembling the web in any desired order with the webs from the single
color units to be fed therewith to the folder.
1,972,507. MULTICOLOR PRINTING PRESS. Henry A. Wise Wood, New York, N. Y.,
assignor to Wood Newspaper Machinery Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation
of Virginia. Application March 5, 1931. Serial No. 520,293. Renewed January 30, 1934.
5 Claims. (Cl. 270 — 5.)
1. A web printing press comprising a single color press unit, a pair of multi-color press
units, means for guiding a web through the single color press unit and thence through one
of the multi-color units and through the other multi-color unit in reverse direction, means
for slitting the web into a plurality of strips between the two multi-color units, means for
diverting one of the strips from the second multi-color unit, and means for assembling all
of the strips in superposed relation.
1,972,676. DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY REGULATING THE TENSION OF
THE WEB IN ROTARY PRINTING MACHINES. Hans Bolza, Wurzburg, Germany.
assignor to the firm Schnellpressenfabrik Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft, W urzburg.
Germany, Application January 29, 1932. Serial No. 589,752. 19 Claims. (Cl. 242 — 75.)
17. In combination, a supply roll, a belt engaging a substantial part of the periphery of
the roll, an expansible pulley for driving the belt, electrically operated means controlled by
the tension of the material passing off the roll for varying the diameter of the pulley, and
means for causing the changes in diameter of the pulley to take place by spaced increments.
1,972,840. CYLINDER BEARING FOR PRINTING MACHINES. Albert J. Graf, West-
field, N. J., assignor to Irving Trust Company, receiver for R. Hoe & Co., Inc., New
York, N. Y., a corporation of New York. Application April 22, 1932. Serial No. 606,820.
5 Claims. (Cl. 101 — 247.)
1. The combination with a printing machine including a frame having bearing apertures
formed therein and coacting printing cylinders operably supported in the frame and having
bearing shafts, of anti-friction bearings rotatably supporting one of the printing cylinders,
each anti-friction bearing including an outer ring operably received within a bearing aper-
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ture and having inner and outer peripheries arranged eccentric to each other, an inner ring
having concentric inner and outer peripheries, the inner periphery engaging a bearing shaft,
anti-friction members operably positioned between the inner and outer rings, and means for
rotating the outer ring as an operative component of the printing machine to thereby move
the printing cylinder transversely to adjust it relative to its coacting printing cylinder.
1,973,034. WEB PRINTING MACHINE. Harry V. Ball, Concord, Mass., assignor to Irving
Trust Company, receiver in equity for R. Hoe & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corpo-
ration of New York. Application June 23, 1933. Serial No. 677,321. 8 Claims. (Cl. 270 — 5.)
1. In a web printing machine, the combination of a plurality of units in a line, each unit
including a first printing couple and a perfecting printing couple, folders in the line of units,
and positioned to divide the line into separate cooperable groups of units, printing units
disposed at right angles to the line of units. each of the angularly disposed units including
in superposed relation a perfecting printing couple and a plurality of additional printing
couples, a source of web supply located beneath the units, means positioned above the line
of units for associating the webs of the angularly disposed units with the webs of the line
units, and common means for conveying the associated webs above the line units in either
direction or both directions along the line to the selected folder or folders.
1.973,058. ROTARY PRINTING MACHINE. Paul Gangler, Esslingen, Germany, assignor
to the firm Fr. Hesser, Maschinenfabrik-Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart-Cannstatt, Ger-
many. Application April 4, 1932. Serial No. 603,006. In Germany May 11, 1931. 5 Claims.
(Cl. 101 — 248.)
1. In a rotary printing press, comprising a form cylinder, a tubular shaft carrying the
same and a driving member loosely mounted on the shaft, the combination of a traction
member extending through the tubular shaft, a coupling member in line with the shaft
secured to the traction member adjacent one end thereof and connecting the tubular shaft
and driving member to each other, means adjacent the other end of the traction member to
move the latter axially, and means including slotted sleeves mounted on the traction mem-
ber and tubular shaft respectively, the slots in the sleeves crossing one another and being
engaged by the coupling member to move the coupling member to peripherally adjust the
tubular shaft and form cylinder.
1,973,363. SPEED CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR WEB ROLLS. Henry A. Wise Wood,
New York. N. Y., assignor to Wood Newspaper Machinery Corporation, New York. N. Y.,
a aaa of Virginia. Application August 26, 1930. Serial No. 477,943. 8 Claims.
(C} 242 — 58.
7. The combination with a printing press and a rotatable magazine reel adapted to carry
a plurality of web rolls, one of which feeds a web to the printing press, of driving means
connected with the central axis of another web roll for speeding up the other web roll pre-
paratory to splicing its leading end to the running web. the driving means being controlled
by means engaging the surface of the other web roll.
1,973,464. FLAT BED WEB PRINTING PRESS. Paul F. Cox, Chicago. IIl., assignor to
The Goss Printing Press Company, Chicago, IIl., a corporation of Illinois. Application
May 22, 1933. Serial No. 672,303. 9 Claims. (Cl. 101 — 256.)
1. In a bed and cylinder web printing press having a cylinder and bed, a bed rack, a
cylinder gear meshing with the bed rack, guides for directing a web between the cylinder
and bed, and means for throwing impression on and off; an auxiliary rack extending length-
wise of and vertically movable relative to the rack and to and from the cylinder and en-
gaging the cylinder gear and means for keeping the auxiliary rack in mesh with the gear,
whereby the cylinder is kept in accurate mesh relation with the bed rack when the impres-
sion js thrown off.
Miscellaneous:
1,971,439. PRINTER’S BLANKET. Frederick George Arnold, Chicago, IIl., assignor to
Rapid Roller Company, Chicago, IIl., a corporation of Illinois. Application June 8, 1933.
Serial No. 674,833. 7 Claims. (Cl. 154 — 54.5.)
1, A printer's blanket comprising a resilient kedy portion and a smooth surface coating
of a flexible and resilient halogenated rubber composition on a face of the body portion.
1,971,749. TYPE CASE. Edward P. Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wis., assignor to Hamilton
Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin. Application
December 11, 1931. Serial No. 580,245. 13 Claims. (Cl. 276 — 45.)
1. Ina type case, the combination of a cabinet; a drawer slidable in the cabinet; a plurality
of parallel trays in the drawer of each for holding a column of type blocks, the trays having
their front walls projected beyond the front of the drawer; a slot in the kottcm of each tray
longtitudinally thereof; a coil spring anchored below each tray spaced rearwardly frcm the
front wall thereof and extensible in the slot: and a follower in each tray ard secured to the
spring, whereby tne follower presses upon tne column of type blocks in each tray and ad-
vances the blocks toward the front of the drawer and beyond the front as blocks are removed
from a column.
1,972,173. APPARATUS FOR TYING NEWSPAPER BUNDLES AND THE LIKE.
Ivan H. Spoor, Berwyn, and Ray F. Le Tourneau, Chicago, Ill., assignors to The Gerrard
Company, Inc., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware. Application May 10, 1929.
Serial No. 361,856. 8 Claims. (Cl. 100 — 31.)
1, Bundling apparatus, comprising a table, an upright support carried by the table, an
uprignt rod slidable up and down in vertically spaced guideways associated with the support,
a wire-tying machine secured to the rod for movement therewith, and means for substan-
tially counter-balancing the machine and rod.
1,972,547. EMBOSSING MACHINE. James J. Bosdan, Newton, Mass. Application
March 10, 1933. Serial No. 660,241. 6 Claims, (Cl. 197 — 6.2.)
1. An embossing machine comprising in combination a longitudinally movable carriage, a
Vertically disposed plateholder. a plurality of pairs of cooperating dies and matrices dis-
posed on the carriage and arranged on opposite sides of the plate holder, actuators disy osed
for cooperation with a selected pair of dies and matrices, means for moving the carriage
longitudinally to bring a selected pair of dies and matrices into register with tne actuators,
means for moving the actuators transversely into cooperation with such selected pair of
dies and matrices. and a unitary manually-operable member constructed and arranged
directly to actuate both of the means.
1,972,902. APPARATUS FOR HANDLING STRIP MATERIAL. Adolph Potdevin,
Garden City, N. Y., assignor to Potdevin Machine Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corpo-
— Y — York. Application January 8, 1932. Serial No. 585.518. 5 Claims. (Cl.
(l— 2.1.
1. In a machine, the combination of feed rollers for continuously advancing a flexible
strip, pinch rolls for retarding the advance of the strip to produce a slack therein, web
engaging means, and means for moving the web engaging means into and out of engage-
ment with the slack portion of the material to maintain tension in that portion of the ma-
terial lying between the web engaging means and the feed rollers.
1,972,903. APPARATUS FOR HANDLING STRIP MATERIAL. Adolph Potdevin,
arden City, N. Y., assignor to Potdevin Machine Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corpo-
— e _ York. Application January 8, 1932. Serial No. 585,520. 6 Claims. (Cl.
“ik —Z.1.
_1. In a machine, the combination of feed rollers for advancing a flexible strip or web,
pinch rolls in the path of the material, and a pair of rolls intermediate the feed rollers and
Pinch rolls and lying in the path of the advancing web and traveling at a higher peripheral
speed than the feed rollers and pinch rolls, to maintain tension in that portion of the web
extending from the feed rolls to the intermediate rolls. The intermediate rolls cooperating
With the pinch rolls to produce a slack in that portion of the web extending from the
intermediate rolls to the pinch rolls.
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer OcTOBER, 1934
BURGESS CHROME MATS=
BURGESS CHROME MATS
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Ludlow Composition
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Since the birth of the hnoxville News
eleven years ago, and since its merger
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operation, with the assurance of an
unending supply of clear, solid ma-
terial that will stand the pressure of
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THE KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL
LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH CO.
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Equipment and Technical Literature
for Mechanical Executives
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(_] Lithography—Booklet, 40 pages and cover, giving his-
torical and technical information about the processes used
in Lithography and Offset Lithography.
[_] Catalog—lllustrating and describing automatic and two-
color automatic printing presses and the improved mechani-
cal features. Sixteen pages and cover.
[| Signal—Elaborate showing of a new type face in light,
medium and black, with examples showing how it should
be used.
[|] New Precision Standards That Meet Mounting Publish-
ing Costs—Bulletin fully explaining how new economic
conditions and rising costs may be met with high-speed
anti-friction newspaper presses. This is No. 1 of a series of
six bulletins dealing with high-speed newspaper presses.
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conducted by the Employing Bookbinders of America and
the Division of Tests and Technical Control, U. S$. Govern-
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[|] Saw-Trimmer Bulletin—Illustrates and describes a new
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Printing Equipment Engineer,
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Earl H. Barker, who has been composing room superin-
tendent of the Dayton (O.) Daily News, has been appointed
to a similar position with the St. Louis Star-Times. On Mon-
day evening, Sept. 17, fifteen News department heads paid
their respects to Mr. Barker at a dinner held in the Miami
hotel, Dayton. He was presented a leather zipper bag and
fitted case.
LINOTYPE-INTERTYPE MOTOR PINIONS
Complete Stock for All Motor Drive, Obsolete Drive, etc.
Any Kind of Pinions Made Per Sample
WILLIAM REID & CO.
537 SO. LA SALLE STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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REALLY CUT COSTS
The Model ’’B’’ Cost Cutter Saw is an all-purpose saw trimmer. It
gives any plant the utmost in efficiency. It saws, trims, makes outside
and inside mortises and can be equipped for beveling, rabbeting,
surfacing and other operations. Here are its points of superiority:
Mechanical method of grinding and set-
ting trimmer knives.
Removable and adjustable saw heads
Ball-bearing saw arbors.
% Self-aligning sliding tables.
§ Positive, rapid work-holding clamp.
Easily read pica gauge.
Rapid end gauge.
Ball thrust point gauge.
Powerful, noiseless V-belt drive.
Adjustable motor brackets.
Quick adjustment of belts.
Simplified mitering attachments.
Full provision for taking up wear.
Handy starting switches.
Flexible lighting fixture.
Guarded emery wheels.
Guarded saw blades.
Roomy tool drawers.
Simple adjustments.
Cup oiling.
Replace that old saw with a Nelson
Cost Cutter Model “B”’. You will
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727 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
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Geo. B. Drach Passes On
George B. Drach, well-known superintendent of the
Jersey City Printing Co., passed away Wednesday, Septem-
ber 12, after an illness of several weeks. He was 57 years
of age.
Book On Matrix Information
“Useful Matrix Information,” a seventy-two-page book
just issued by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, explains
the function of teeth combinations on matrices, presents
several teeth combination charts, and tells how to safeguard
the teeth.
It shows and explains the differences between old style,
modern and modernized figures, and discusses universal lead-
ers, newspaper leaders, and the point system.
A long list of face identification numbers and names is
included, as well as twenty-four different practical font
schemes.
Some of the other subjects referred to in the book are
foreign language faces, advertising figures, ruled form
matrices, reference characters, political party emblems,
ballot squares and circles, fraternal emblems, proprietary
symbols, logotypes, matrix slides and slide blocks.
Copies of the book may be had on request from any Lino-
type agency.
When Writing to Advertisers Tell Them
You Saw It In
Printing EQUIPMENT Engineer
Gor pictures
with SNAP and CONTRAST!
MORLEY MATS
They bring out details exactly and pro-
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Mill-conditioned to give just the re-
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minimum pressure; quick scorching; easy
release without use of oil or powder.
Get acquainted with Morley Mats. . -
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OcTOBER, 1934
New Bench
Model
Hacker
No. 3
Give Plates A Chance
A good plate may givetroubleif Plates inaccurately mounted
must necessarily be subjected to
badly mounted. Every plate does
considerable makeready.
better if accurately mounted.
Here is a new precision planer
A plate cannot be printed un- of such moderate price as to be
less it is type-high—not about within the reach of printers
type-high but really type-high striving to reduce makeready.
within one or two thousandths. Send for catalog.
HACKER MANUFACTURING CO.
320 SOUTH HONORE STREET CHICAGO
Silk Screen Process Press
Selectasine Patents Company, 558 Sacramento Street, San
Francisco, Calif., has announced the Selectasine stencil pro-
cess which is adapted to the use of oil, paints, lacquers,
enamels, inks, dyes and water colors for the production of
window displays, posters, decalcomania and other specialty
decorations of a good display nature adapted to the silk screen
method of printing.
General specifications of the Selectasine process presses are
as follows: Nodel No. 3 has a maximum printing service of
22 in. by 31 in.; the overall length with feed board exten-
sion is 8 ft. 2 in.; approx. weight, 4500 lbs.; variable speed
2 h.p. motor is furnished to operate the press at printing
speeds up to 2200 i.p.h.
Model No. 5 press has a maximum printing area of 32 in.
by 35 in.; overall length of feed board extension is 11 ft.;
approx. weight, 5500 Ibs.; 3 h.p. variable speed motor is
furnished to drive the press; speeds up to 2000 i.p.h. may be
obtained.
It is said that material may be handled in the press which
include papers as light as 20-lb. bond, cardboards up to 120
point, sized cloth, buckram, light metal, decalcomania paper,
and many other kinds of sheet material without changing
adjustments. The Selectasine Press will coat stock with air
brush smoothness, lay color sheets for over-printing, and
varnish finished work. It will also cut stock in restricted
areas.
The principle of a rubber squeegee in combination with
the fabric stencil eliminates make-ready. If there are any
mounds or hollows on the surface of the stock, the elastic
pressure of a rubber blade forces the pliable stencil into
uniform contact.
PaGE 38
Block Leveller
Adjustable Clutch Rod
An adjustable clutch rod for application to Linotypes and
Intertypes is being made by the Linotype Parts Corporation,
203 Lafayette St., New York, New York.
After the rod has been applied to the machine,
the adjustable means will be found in the
threaded outer section which screws into the
t body of the rod
/.-- qe? proper. The ad-
—
justment is obtained by taking out the screw
from the driving shaft link collar fulcrum
screw to disengage the clutch rod. The clutch
rod itself may then be shortened or lengthened
by turning the short section shown at the right
of the diagram to cause proper regulation of the 15/32 in.
space between the machine bearing and the shaft collar.
The adjustable feature of the rod permits quick adjustment
of the clutch. A screwdriver slot at the outer end of the
adjustable section facilitates manipulation in order to place
the clutch in proper operating condition.
Our October Advertisers
Paye
AMERICAN PUBLISHERS SUPPLY... Ce |
BOOTH, E. A., RUBBER COMPANY a . 4
Agency: The H. P. Boynton Advertising Agency, Cleveland, Ohio.
BURGESS CELLULOSE COMPANY............... : eee 35
Agency: Fred Robbins, Inc., Chicago, Ill.
CERTIFIED DRY MATCORPORATION....... es 26
Agency: The H. P. Boynton Advertising Agency, Cleveland, Ohio.
CHANDLER & PRICE COMPANY...
: Inside Back Cover
Agency: Paul Teas, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
DUPLEX PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, THE............... ; 4
EDES MANUFACTURING COMPANY........... Serene his 32
Agency: The Callaway Associates, Inc., Boston, Mass.
GOODRICH, THE B.F.,COMPANY...... : 23
Agency: Griswold-Eshleman Company, C leveland, Ohio.
HACKER MANUFACTURING COMPANY... ve . 38
IDEAL ROLLER & MANUFACTURING COMPANY .. 27
IMPERIAL TYPE METALCOMPANY........ 28
Agency: The H. P. Boynton Advertising Agency, C leveland, Ohio.
INTERTYPE CORPORATION... Outside Back Cover
Agency: Fred Glen Small, Inc., New York, N. y.
KIDDER PRESS COMPANY,U.P.M......... ee ae 30
Agency: James Thomas Chirurg Company, Boston, Mass.
LINOTYPE PARTS CORPORATION... sy 25
LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH COMPANY... : 36
Agency: Schwimmer & Scott, Chicago, Ill.
MATRIX CONTRAST CORPORATION...... ae 6
MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY...... Ses: 13
Agency: Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc., New York, N. Y.
MONOMELTCOMPANY.................. : : 37
Agency: Olmsted Hewitt Agency, , Minne: apolis, ‘Minn.
MORLEY BUTTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY eee 37
Agency: Chambers & Wiswell, Inc., Boston, Mass.
NELSON & COMPANY,C.B................ : eae 37
REID, WILLIAM & COMPANY......... eee 36
ROLLED PLATE METALCOMPANY........ ; vere ve 31
ROUSE, H.B. &COMPANY.............. eee 33
SKF INDUSTRIES, INC.................... Inside Front Cover
STAHI NEWSPAPER SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.. Maerua giccr teen eamecor 3
U.P.M.- KIDDER PRESS COMPANY........ ee 30
Agency: James Thomas Chirurg Company, Boston, Mass.
VANDERCOOK & SONS,INC........................ : Ratt 24
Agency: Clifton Kirkpatrick, Chicago, Ill.
WOOD FLONG CORPORATION. PEL ere Raye ta iaks ee
Agency: Meredith & Company, Ine., “Troy, N. y.
WOOD NEWSPAPER MACHINERY CORPORATION............19-20-21-22
OcTOBER, 1934
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Craftsman Press with C& P Rice
futomatic Feeder: 10x15 and 12x18
_ , In printing, COSTS are more important
than ever before. Together with good work-
manship and efficient service, low actual produc-
tion costs provide the only sound basis upon
which sales volume and real profits can be built.
Hundreds of printers have found that installation
of the New Craftsman Press with C&P Rice
Automatic Feeder is one certain way to reduce
costs and insure worthwhile profits on job press
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THE CHANDLER & PRICE
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features built into the New Craftsman Automatic
Unit, requires more space than is available on
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how this new press will help you cut your costs
and increase your profits, write us, without
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and specifications.
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OCTOBER, 1934
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PAGE 39
NEEDLESS STEPS... pip
SAVES MO
and every step costs MOMeY . 0%. nies p<
speed on mixed composite
as compared with non-iiit
Needless steps in the composing roorn are costly. Needless steps —™achines. + Speed on stall
matter fully equal to the sp
from one machine ‘to another—or needless shifting of magazines _ of non-mixer machines.
Large savings on all compe
—to get different sizes of type. More needless steps to get cor- tion requiring frequent chandee
; : f j face to anol
rections. Needless handling of copy, slugs and proofs. Needless “p. skal “impli Aodel
F requires no special attenu@®
copy cutting. + All this needless effort is banished by the Model F of operator or aaa
lntertype Mixer. Model F produces as much type in TWO sizes _ Al! sizes up to full-widll
point (without distortion OF8®
without shifting the magazines as any non-mixer Intertype can wide characters) can bes
from both main magazi sa
produce in ONE size. The Model F operator takes the copy as it With side magazine @@
nee ; ment, Model F will set all
comes—news matter, classified, headlines, etc.—setting two or from 5 to 36 point fullewidi
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more different sizes in the order called for by the copy or proofs. “"\,... «model F Bookle
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